FA Frenzy is around the corner, and there is an extensive list with a few solid high profile names.To name a few: Steven Stamkos, Kyle Okposo, Andrew Ladd, David Backes, Milan Lucic, etc.
Glaring needs for the Flames are Goaltending, RW, and possibly NHL D depth. The Flames have yet to sign Nakladal on D
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Campbell, Brian FLA D UFA 7,142,875
Ward, Cam CAR G UFA 6,800,000
Elias, Patrik NJ LW UFA 5,500,000
Stamkos, Steven TB C UFA 5,500,000
Grabner, Michael TOR RW UFA 5,000,000
Vrbata, Radim VAN RW UFA 5,000,000
Goligoski, Alex DAL D UFA 4,800,000
Backes, David STL C UFA 4,750,000
Staal, Eric NYR C UFA 4,750,000
Doan, Shane PHO RW UFA 4,550,000
Boyle, Dan NYR D UFA 4,500,000
Eriksson, Loui BOS LW UFA 4,500,000
Hiller, Jonas CGY G UFA 4,500,000
Nikitin, Nikita EDM D UFA 4,500,000
Okposo, Kyle NYI RW UFA 4,500,000
Perron, David ANA LW UFA 4,500,000
Purcell, Ted FLA C UFA 4,500,000
Hamhuis, Dan VAN D UFA 4,250,000
Mitchell, Willie FLA D UFA 4,250,000
Quincey, Kyle DET D UFA 4,250,000
Ruutu, Tuomo NJ C UFA 4,050,000
Backstrom, Niklas CGY G UFA 4,000,000
Hudler, Jiri FLA C UFA 4,000,000
Jones, David MIN RW UFA 4,000,000
Ramo, Karri CGY G UFA 3,800,000
Boedker, Mikkel COL LW UFA 3,750,000
Brouwer, Troy STL RW UFA 3,750,000
Lucic, Milan LA LW UFA 3,750,000
Legwand, David BUF C UFA 3,500,000
Nielsen, Frans NYI C UFA 3,500,000
Tanguay, Alex PHO LW UFA 3,500,000
Gagner, Sam PHI C UFA 3,400,000
Polak, Roman SJ D UFA 3,100,000
Gaustad, Paul NAS C UFA 3,000,000
Gordon, Boyd PHO C UFA 3,000,000
Grossmann, Nicklas PHO D UFA 3,000,000
McGinn, Jamie ANA LW UFA 3,000,000
Medvedev, Yevgeni PHI D UFA 3,000,000
Richards, Brad DET C UFA 3,000,000
Ladd, Andrew CHI LW UFA 2,916,000
Yandle, Keith NYR D UFA 2,875,000
Gilbert, Tom MON D UFA 2,800,000
Liles, John-Michael BOS D UFA 2,750,000
Ott, Steve STL C UFA 2,600,000
Russell, Kris DAL D UFA 2,600,000
Bourque, Rene CLB LW UFA 2,500,000
Helm, Darren DET C UFA 2,500,000
Kelly, Chris BOS C UFA 2,500,000
Khudobin, Anton ANA G UFA 2,500,000
Demers, Jason DAL D UFA 2,460,000
Versteeg, Kris LA RW UFA 2,350,000
Clitsome, Grant WIN D UFA 2,300,000
Matthias, Shawn COL C UFA 2,300,000
Spaling, Nick SJ C UFA 2,200,000
Torres, Raffi TOR LW UFA 2,125,000
Chimera, Jason WAS LW UFA 2,000,000
Gerbe, Nathan CAR LW UFA 2,000,000
Prust, Brandon VAN C UFA 2,000,000
Reimer, James SJ G UFA 2,000,000
Moen, Travis DAL LW UFA 1,850,000
Bartkowski, Matt VAN D UFA 1,750,000
Downie, Steve PHO RW UFA 1,750,000
Horcoff, Shawn ANA C UFA 1,750,000
Scrivens, Ben MON G UFA 1,748,000
Stalock, Alex TOR G UFA 1,700,000
Stewart, Chris ANA RW UFA 1,700,000
Schenn, Luke LA D UFA 1,675,000
Johnson, Chad BUF G UFA 1,600,000
Lewis, Trevor LA C UFA 1,550,000
Fiddler, Vernon DAL C UFA 1,500,000
Moore, Dominic NYR C UFA 1,500,000
Smith, Ben TOR RW UFA 1,500,000
Weber, Yannick VAN D UFA 1,500,000
Zidlicky, Marek NYI D UFA 1,500,000
Miller, Drew DET LW UFA 1,350,000
Gryba, Eric EDM D UFA 1,300,000
Martin, Matt NYI LW UFA 1,300,000
Ehrhoff, Christian CHI D UFA 1,275,000
Brown, Mike MON RW UFA 1,250,000
Enroth, Jhonas LA G UFA 1,250,000
Lovejoy, Ben PIT D UFA 1,200,000
Eaves, Patrick DAL RW UFA 1,150,000
Nash, Riley CAR C UFA 1,150,000
Arcobello, Mark TOR C UFA 1,100,000
Montoya, Al FLA G UFA 1,100,000
Fontaine, Justin MIN RW UFA 1,050,000
Harrison, Jay CHI D UFA 1,050,000
Tikhonov, Viktor PHO RW UFA 1,040,000
Bordeleau, Patrick COL LW UFA 1,000,000
Ohlund, Mattias TB D UFA 1,000,000
Pardy, Adam EDM D UFA 1,000,000
Weber, Mike WAS D UFA 1,000,000
Chipchura, Kyle PHO C UFA 950,000
Cleary, Dan DET LW UFA 950,000
Peters, Justin WAS G UFA 950,000
Strait, Brian NYI D UFA 925,000
Brodziak, Kyle STL C UFA 900,000
Colaiacovo, Carlo BUF D UFA 900,000
Winchester, Jesse COL C UFA 900,000
Lindback, Anders PHO G UFA 875,000
Santorelli, Michael ANA C UFA 875,000
Benn, Jordie DAL D UFA 850,000
Frattin, Matt OTT RW UFA 850,000
Gionta, Stephen NJ RW UFA 850,000
Guenin, Nathan COL D UFA 850,000
Schultz, Jeff LA D UFA 850,000
Stempniak, Lee BOS RW UFA 850,000
Tootoo, Jordin NJ RW UFA 825,000
Nakladal, Jakub CGY D UFA 817,500
Andersson, Joakim DET C UFA 815,000
Bartley, Victor MON D UFA 800,000
Cullen, Matt PIT C UFA 800,000
Fraser, Mark OTT D UFA 800,000
Irwin, Matt BOS D UFA 800,000
Kostka, Michael OTT D UFA 800,000
Redmond, Zach COL D UFA 800,000
Stoll, Jarret MIN C UFA 800,000
Tlusty, Jiri NJ C UFA 800,000
White, Ryan PHI RW UFA 800,000
Wright, James NYI C UFA 800,000
Bernier, Steve NYI RW UFA 750,000
Cliche, Marc-Andre NYI RW UFA 750,000
Fleischmann, Tomas CHI C UFA 750,000
Halischuk, Matt WIN RW UFA 750,000
Holzer, Korbinian ANA D UFA 750,000
Hutton, Carter NAS G UFA 750,000
Whitney, Joe NYI LW UFA 750,000
Klinkhammer, Robert EDM C UFA 725,000
Weise, Dale CHI RW UFA 717,500
Diaz, Raphael NYR D UFA 700,000
Gustavsson, Jonas BOS G UFA 700,000
Jackman, Tim CHI RW UFA 700,000
Malone, Brad CAR C UFA 700,000
Sceviour, Colton DAL C UFA 700,000
Upshall, Scottie STL LW UFA 700,000
Brennan, TJ TOR D UFA 675,000
Butler, Chris STL D UFA 675,000
Skille, Jack COL RW UFA 675,000
Angelidis, Michael TB C UFA 650,000
Bodnarchuk, Andrew COL D UFA 650,000
Potter, Corey NAS D UFA 650,000
Smith, Derek PHO D UFA 650,000
Strachan, Tyson MIN D UFA 650,000
Street, Ben COL C UFA 650,000
Miller, Andrew EDM RW UFA 630,000
Andersen, Niclas PIT D UFA 625,000
Carter, Ryan MIN LW UFA 625,000
Noreau, Maxim COL D UFA 625,000
Schlemko, David NJ D UFA 625,000
Benoit, Andre STL D UFA 600,000
Blunden, Michael TB RW UFA 600,000
Boychuk, Zach CAR LW UFA 600,000
Breen, Christopher BOS D UFA 600,000
Brent, Tim PHI C UFA 600,000
Desjardins, Cedrick NYR G UFA 600,000
Emery, Ray PHI G UFA 600,000
Falk, Justin CLB D UFA 600,000
Fedotenko, Ruslan MIN LW UFA 600,000
Fedun, Taylor VAN D UFA 600,000
Grant, Alex PHO D UFA 600,000
Haley, Micheal SJ C UFA 600,000
Hamilton, Ryan EDM LW UFA 600,000
Harrold, Peter STL D UFA 600,000
Hunt, Brad EDM D UFA 600,000
Kennedy, Tyler NJ C UFA 600,000
Labarbera, Jason PHI G UFA 600,000
Lerg, Bryan SJ LW UFA 600,000
MacIntyre, Drew CHI G UFA 600,000
McBain, Jamie LA D UFA 600,000
McCarthy, John SJ LW UFA 600,000
McGrattan, Brian ANA RW UFA 600,000
Mclaren, Frazer SJ LW UFA 600,000
Mueller, Chris ANA C UFA 600,000
Mullen, Patrick NAS D UFA 600,000
O'Brien, Shane ANA D UFA 600,000
Piskula, Joe ANA D UFA 600,000
Reese, Dylan PHO D UFA 600,000
Rozsival, Michal CHI D UFA 600,000
Ryan, Derek CAR C UFA 600,000
Sanguinetti, Bobby BUF D UFA 600,000
Smith, Jeremy BOS G UFA 600,000
Stollery, Karl SJ D UFA 600,000
Sutter, Brett LA C UFA 600,000
Taormina, Matthew TB D UFA 600,000
Zatkoff, Jeff PIT G UFA 600,000
Zolnierczyk, Harry ANA LW UFA 600,000
Zubrus, Dainius SJ C UFA 600,000
Boulton, Eric NYI LW UFA 575,000
Camper, Carter WAS C UFA 575,000
Cannone, Pat STL C UFA 575,000
Carey, Paul WAS C UFA 575,000
Collins, Sean WAS C UFA 575,000
Cracknell, Adam EDM RW UFA 575,000
Cumiskey, Kyle CHI D UFA 575,000
Danis, Yann NJ G UFA 575,000
De Fazio, Brandon BOS LW UFA 575,000
Dell, Aaron SJ G UFA 575,000
Drewiske, Davis PHI D UFA 575,000
Ellis, Dan WAS G UFA 575,000
Farnham, Bobby NJ RW UFA 575,000
Gomez, Scott OTT C UFA 575,000
Gragnani, Marc-Andre NJ D UFA 575,000
Holloway, George MON RW UFA 575,000
Jeffrey, Dustin PIT LW UFA 575,000
Jones, Blair VAN C UFA 575,000
Kelly, Dan NJ D UFA 575,000
Leighton, Michael CHI G UFA 575,000
Letourneau-Leblond, Pierre-Luc NJ RW UFA 575,000
Liambas, Mike CHI LW UFA 575,000
Mashinter, Brandon CHI LW UFA 575,000
Miele, Andy DET C UFA 575,000
Moore, Mike WAS D UFA 575,000
Mouillierat, Kael PIT C UFA 575,000
O'Brien, Jim NJ C UFA 575,000
O'Neill, Will PIT D UFA 575,000
O'Neill, Brian NJ RW UFA 575,000
Oleksy, Steven PIT D UFA 575,000
Paille, Daniel NYR LW UFA 575,000
Porter, Kevin PIT C UFA 575,000
Porter, Chris MIN LW UFA 575,000
Raffl, Thomas WIN RW UFA 575,000
Scott, John MON LW UFA 575,000
Selleck, Eric PHO C UFA 575,000
Sestito, Tommy PIT LW UFA 575,000
Sill, Zach WAS C UFA 575,000
Sislo, Mike NJ RW UFA 575,000
Tambellini, Jeff TB LW UFA 575,000
Tarnasky, Nick NYR C UFA 575,000
Welsh, Jeremy STL LW UFA 575,000
Who should the Flames target, if anyone at all? Discuss
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Sounds like #Preds goalie Carter Hutton is leaning towards free agency on July 1...Nashville would like to re-sign him
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From the big names, I'm only interested in Stamkos, Perron, Hamhuis, and Reimer. A lot of the bigger names in FA this year have some serious question marks even before they sign their overpaid deals.
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Is it ridiculous to want to re-sign Hudler to a short term deal? I've had a soft spot for him ever since his words about being a leader to the young Flames at the Awards ceremony last year.
The only UFA I think Calgary should target is Reimer, and since we can guarantee him a starters job I think Calgary would be attractive to him as well. UFA's like Steven Stamkos, Kyle Okposo, Andrew Ladd, David Backes and Milan Lucic would either be to expensive or not interested in Calgary IMHO.
What about Eric Staal on a short term reclamation project? Big and can win faceoffs. I wouldn't mind him on a reasonable 1-2 year deal. We're a high scoring team on the rise, so he might be interested.
If theres a way to get a top flight guy like Lucic, I think it would be good but the Flames can't get into a bidding war. I'd like a guy like Perron or Martin or McGuinn because I think they'll actually be decent and not overly expensive.
No to bringing back Russell too!
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If the Flames didn't have so much cap space tied up in crappy depth players there are a few I'd want them to target.
If they can't snag a big name goalie through a trade, then Reimer is a must have IMO.
If they can clear out Wideman I would take Hamhuis on a cheap 2/3 year deal if possible. He's still a quality top 4 Dman to round out the top 4 and losing him in an expansion draft would be acceptable as well in my eyes. He'd be a great partner for Hamilton and could hold the fort until we start to see Andersson and/or Kylington emerge.
Giordano - Brodie
Hamhuis - Hamilton
Jokipakka - Nakladal
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Good luck I suppose.
Up front there is no wiggle room, most improvements will likely have to come internally unless BT can work some magic.
Perron might be one of the best bang for buck type signings as a complimentary winger for the top line. Probably could be signed for about $4 million I would guess, still under 30, right shot and could probably put up 50ish points on the top line.
After watching the speed of the Pens, Boedker is really appealing right now. Only 26, lightning speed and a consistent 50 point winger. Left shot but plays RW too. If he could be had for roughly $4.5 that'd be great, but he probably gets more than that and the Flames as mentioned are up against it as is.
Like I've said before, if Lucic makes it to UFA I can see the Flames making a push for him. If you believe all the talk of truculence and getting bigger/meaner then he's pretty much a perfect fit for the Flames. Only problem would be the term combined with the risk of him declining rapidly.
No cap space. Also don't want to waste minutes playing an older depth player. Plus, don't waste assets trading away bad contracts. Offer larger contracts next year.
I hope it's a quiet free agency for the Flames this year.
Flames focus should...SHOULD be a top 6 FW and Goaltending only in the Add department.
I feel the Flames D corps is set and need to eject two players from the system. I.E Wideman and a couple others where they see fit. I really like Jokipakka and Nakladal as the bottom paring. No need to spend more money on D.
It would take more than that to sign Hamhuis. At the very least the $4.5M he averaged last contract but likely in the range of $5-6M
I highly doubt that. He's 33, doesn't put up big offensive numbers (IE he's more of a defensive Dman) and the cap is staying fairly flat. Those things don't usually equate to a big pay day.
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