[Trade] Flames acquire Roman Horak and 2x 2011 2nd rd picks for Tim Erixon and 5th rd pick - Page 24 - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

MelBridgeman · 06-01-2011, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenLantern

Kind of makes all those "WHO THE HELL WOULD LIVE IN (Insert name of place Calgarians looked down upon here)" comments hit home eh?

Maybe next time some people won't be so quick to throw them out there.

Great job Feaster on getting the team something out of nothing!

What does this have to do with anything.
He wanted to GO NYC where his dad played

chanimal40 · 06-01-2011, 05:24 PM

I blame this on our scouts. They need to check attitude. Erixon did not seem happy when we drafted him in the first place.

Hockey_Ninja · 06-01-2011, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Flaming Horse

We finally have a prospect that looks like a guy that could have the potential to be an impact player and we lose him. This really hurts.

Kinda reminds you of Phaneuf eh?

puckluck · 06-01-2011, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Lunatik

Backlund hasn't shown anything to make anyonr think he is ready for more of an opportunity... he played on the 3rd line for the 1st half of the season,then the top line for the last quarter of the year and he managed only 10 points on the top line in the last 20 games... backlund wasn't just a 4th liner like people like to make him sound

You clearly have no idea.

moon · 06-01-2011, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

Backlund has been given too much in the NHL based on what he's shown? Are you kidding? If he were given any less he'd be the towel boy. I especially feel he deserves more time on the power-play, instead of scrubs like Matt Stajan.

Or he would have been in the AHL developing like he should be.

He hasn't shown anything close to the offensive skill to indicate he should be on the pp or top 6 and with his terrible defensive awareness he is lucky to get 11 minutes in the NHL. If he wasn't a first round pick he wouldn't be up with the Flames based on his track record and ability.

c.t.ner · 06-01-2011, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by nik-

I don't think blaming Erixon is fair. This has a "father and agent" feel to it for sure. What are you going to do at 20 when you're father and the person in charge of getting your salary are intent on doing something?

I think blaming Erixon is totally fair game. It is his life after all. This kid isn't 16 or 14. He's a 20 year old young adult.

Sure I understand, that at 20 you probably don't have enough life experience to understand your actions and you rely on your parent's/adviser for advice, but at the end of the day it's his name on a contract and he is a young man now. So I think it's fair game for him to deal with the fallout from a group of fans who aren't pleased with his actions. If the kid thinks he's good enough to play hard ball in negotiations with a professional organization then so be it.

jayswin · 06-01-2011, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenLantern

Kind of makes all those "WHO THE HELL WOULD LIVE IN (Insert name of place Calgarians looked down upon here)" comments hit home eh?

Maybe next time some people won't be so quick to throw them out there.

Great job Feaster on getting the team something out of nothing!

This has nothing to do with Calgary as a city, absolutely nothing.

HPLovecraft · 06-01-2011, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by moon

Or he would have been in the AHL developing like he should be.

He hasn't shown anything close to the offensive skill to indicate he should be on the pp or top 6 and with his terrible defensive awareness he is lucky to get 11 minutes in the NHL. If he wasn't a first round pick he wouldn't be up with the Flames based on his track record and ability.

He has shown just as much offensive skill with Calgary as a player like Matt Stajan has shown, yet receives half the time on the PP.

Muta · 06-01-2011, 05:30 PM

Guess we'll be Hor-ing Roman out to Abbotsford next year?

moon · 06-01-2011, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by puckluck

Apparently Mike Babcock picks out young guys all the time while watching teams practice and comments on them as being a real good player.

Backlund is the real deal, and it's a shame the way he's being handled by the Flames. No wonder why the Flames have a bad reputation.

And when he was with Sweden WHC it was the Flames that held him out of games.

And in junior in Sweden it was the Flames fault that he had issues with the coach.

Funny how it is never Backlunds fault for his meh play and always everyone else's.

bubbsy · 06-01-2011, 05:32 PM

listening to feaster's interview wtih kerr.

makes me very sad. The sad state of the franchise (too many vets on long term contracts, too high a salary cap) getting in the way of signing a quality sure fire prospect.

calgary really needs to fix this teams prospect situation. are there 3 teams that are worse off than the flames today in this league prospect wise??

moon · 06-01-2011, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by nik-

I don't think blaming Erixon is fair. This has a "father and agent" feel to it for sure. What are you going to do at 20 when you're father and the person in charge of getting your salary are intent on doing something?

Tell them to f off.

cannon7 · 06-01-2011, 05:34 PM

Really dissapointing. Was looking forward to seeing Erixon in training camp. Surprised by this development, would like to know what happened but I imagine Feaster will be tight lipped to protect Erixon.

A real shame, Erixon has looked relaly good in the SEL. The rich get richer (NYR prospect pool). Big gamble by Erixon, don't want to seem difficult before you sign your first NHL contract.

MelBridgeman · 06-01-2011, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

He has shown just as much offensive skill with Calgary as a player like Matt Stajan has shown, yet receives half the time on the PP.

It's a tough position to be in... Matt Stajan should have more icetime than Backlund, did he deserve it last season? No. But Stajan is def a better player than last year has shown, the guy had a crappy year. What do you do with a player like that? Keeping cutting his ice time? That is not how you should handle a vet who clearly had lost his confidence. You need to let him play his way out of it and it wasn't happening so Stajan was left on the 4th line for the better part of the last half of the season, and Backlund got more and more ice time.

I think next season you will see Backlund playing a better role, this was his first full season in the NHL and showed some great strides and he has to continue playing that way. I suspect this topic will die sometime next fall.

ComixZone · 06-01-2011, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bubbsy

listening to feaster's interview wtih kerr.

makes me very sad. The sad state of the franchise (too many vets on long term contracts, too high a salary cap) getting in the way of signing a quality sure fire prospect.

calgary really needs to fix this teams prospect situation. are there 3 teams that are worse off than the flames today in this league prospect wise??

I flat out don't think there's 1 team that's worse off than where the Flames are today in regards to prospect pools.

sureLoss · 06-01-2011, 05:35 PM

Kind of Ironic that Jay Grossman is talking about the Flames reputation with young players.

With clients like Radulov, Kovalchuk, and Erixon, his agency is developing quite a reputation of screwing over NHL teams

nik- · 06-01-2011, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by moon

Tell them to f off.

Well it's easy for us to say since we're fans of the spurned team. I'm not saying he's not free of fault in this by any means, I'm just saying this was definitely something orchestrated by his dad and agent.

MelBridgeman · 06-01-2011, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by bubbsy

listening to feaster's interview wtih kerr.

makes me very sad. The sad state of the franchise (too many vets on long term contracts, too high a salary cap) getting in the way of signing a quality sure fire prospect.

calgary really needs to fix this teams prospect situation. are there 3 teams that are worse off than the flames today in this league prospect wise??

The "state" of the franchise has nothing to do with Erixon not coming here, those were BS excuses to force the Flames to trade hime where he wanted to go, where his dad played .... the Rangers. It's pretty bloody clear. All those issues raised weren't issues through the next 3 years. It was BS. The guy had one team in mind. Again pretty bloody clear.

kipperfan · 06-01-2011, 05:38 PM

Well, after thinking it over and calming down somewhat, I will agree Feaster likely did the best he could given the situation. My bigger issue now is Feaster publicly stating he is trying to re-sign both Pardy and Carson? Why in hell would he want to do that? Both guys are UFA's and both guys could and should be replaced by either kids from the farm or UFA's more suited to our team needs.

nik- · 06-01-2011, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by kipperfan

Well, after thinking it over and calming down somewhat, I will agree Feaster likely did the best he could given the situation. My bigger issue now is Feaster publicly stating he is trying to re-sign both Pardy and Carson? Why in hell would he want to do that? Both guys are UFA's and both guys could and should be replaced by either kids from the farm or UFA's more suited to our team needs.

Because we only have one guy on the farm able to step up.