[Trade] Flames acquire Roman Horak and 2x 2011 2nd rd picks for Tim Erixon and 5th rd pick

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by ricardodw

Erixon has a much better chance of playing in the NHL next year with the Rangers...

Staal, Girardi, Gilroy Emminger is their top 4 returning d-men.


Much better trade than dumping Lydman for a 3rd round pick.

Got Bourque and Kipper for a pair of second rounders.

2nd worst trade by Sutter after the Jokinen for pure garbage with the Rangers.

[flambers]

Originally Posted by ricardodw

Erixon has a much better chance of playing in the NHL next year with the Rangers...

Staal, Girardi, Gilroy Emminger is their top 4 returning d-men.


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I believe the Flames only have 4 returning dman... kind of same situation.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by ricardodw

Erixon has a much better chance of playing in the NHL next year with the Rangers...

Staal, Girardi, Gilroy Emminger is their top 4 returning d-men.


Much better trade than dumping Lydman for a 3rd round pick.

Got Bourque and Kipper for a pair of second rounders.

Funny, on HFboards, it's the other way around with posters saying that Erixon has a much better chance of getting NHL time with the Flames than the Rangers which apparently have a much better dcorp.

[GilmourforLeeman]

Hard to imagine what really happened since both sides will have their tales..

Good return though for the Flames IMO, 3 picks in the first 2 rounds, that's way you start building depth in the organization and avoids the Erixon or Brodie angle in training camp. The organization can start getting Brodie ready for his role as the #6 Dman for the upcoming season.

Erixon isn't that special and I see him as a #3/#4 D-man at best. NYR has a good crop of dmen, so it's going to be hard for him to crack that lineup as well.

[SeoulFire]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

I have absolutely nothing against Erixon and the Flames did decently for player that never wanted to keep playing here.

But this isn't a Drury situation, it's a draft situation. I don't like how the system works in that a player can refuse to sign with the team that drafted him for arbitrary or unstated reasons -> without consequences. A player that does this should not be able to re-enter the NHL draft or play with another NHL team for another year. There should be a waiver situation like with FAs who are free to not report to the team that traded for/signed them/have their rights like Nabokov and the Islanders. The consequence is that they are not allowed into an NHL organization until the next season.

I think that this would punish North American prospects much more than European but I totally agree in principle.

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Originally Posted by GilmourforLeeman

The organization can start getting Brodie ready for his role as the #6 Dman for the upcoming season.

Depending how he's recovering from injury... Negrin could be another candidate as well.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

I have absolutely nothing against Erixon and the Flames did decently for player that never wanted to keep playing here.

But this isn't a Drury situation, it's a draft situation. I don't like how the system works in that a player can refuse to sign with the team that drafted him for arbitrary or unstated reasons -> without consequences. A player that does this should not be able to re-enter the NHL draft or play with another NHL team for another year. There should be a waiver situation like with FAs who are free to not report to the team that traded for/signed them/have their rights like Nabokov and the Islanders. The consequence is that they are not allowed into an NHL organization until the next season.

Or the compensation should be similar to the loss.

[Lunatik]

Obviously this isn't an ideal situation, but I think it became pretty clear that Erixon was not going to sign with the Flames, judging by the comments from King and Feaster prior to today it seems to me like they were blindsided today by Grossman.

Since Erixon was more than willing to re-enter the draft the Flames got a pretty good return under the circumstances. It's hard to complain about landing a high skill forward prospect who was linemates with our best offensive prospect and the 45th and 57th picks when we were staring at a compensatory 53rd overall pick in the eye.

Fun fact: the last time the Rangers traded the 45th overall pick it turned into Latendresse...

other 45th Overall picks in the last decade include (rankings as per HF)... Ryan Spooner (Bruin's #2 prospect), Jeremy Morin (Hawk's #3 prospect), Zac Dalpe (Canes #1 prospect), Jeff Petry (Oilers #2 prospect), Guilaume Latendresse (25 goal scorer), Patrice Bergeron (30g/70pt player)

[jaydub74]

Rob Kerr, bitching and complaining about fans being upset.... SHUT UP.

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by jaydub74

Rob Kerr, bitching and complaining about fans being upset.... SHUT UP.

Yes, its really annoying. I really wish he'd just stick to hockey. I want to hear about hockey, not what Rob Kerr thinks about Flames fans.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by jaydub74

Rob Kerr, bitching and complaining about fans being upset.... SHUT UP.

well, the fans blaming Feaster should take a step back and think about the situation. Calling for his head and whatnot is ridiculous. Feaster was in a tough spot with a player who didn't want to play for the Flames, he wanted to play for the Rangers.

[Canada 02]

Any 2009 draftees unsigned, Flames or any other team?

Spencer Bennett played for the Heat, but was that an ATO, or did he have a contract?
I assume Bjorklund was not signed

[GilmourforLeeman]

Originally Posted by jaydub74

Rob Kerr, bitching and complaining about fans being upset.... SHUT UP.

+1..can't stand his opinions and assumed voice of the masses

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Phanuthier

Yes, its really annoying. I really wish he'd just stick to hockey. I want to hear about hockey, not what Rob Kerr thinks about Flames fans.

He's really just the worst, he always has to put himself in the middle as a part of the story. No one cares about you Kerr, look down, read your paper, and get over yourself.

[moon]

Originally Posted by cznTiburon

WHL site lists him as a LW, but TSN has him as a center, so if him and howse did play together i would imagine that TSN would be right (as i remember seeing Howse play the left side)

WHL.ca is terrible for listing players positions. The only surprising thing is that he is a center listed as a wing cause usually everyone is listed as a C.

One year Lethbridge had about 9 guys as C and 3 listed as wingers.

[FLAMEtastic]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Funny, on HFboards, it's the other way around with posters saying that Erixon has a much better chance of getting NHL time with the Flames than the Rangers which apparently have a much better dcorp.

Rangers have a top 3 NHL d-corp in the making.
Good luck Erixon!

[troutman]

Can we look at this way in the salary cap era? The $ that would have eventually gone to Erixon as a top 4 d-man could now go to a future free agent top 4 d-man.

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Originally Posted by moon

One year Lethbridge had about 9 guys as C and 3 listed as wingers.

Sounds like my xbox Flames team... I may have gone overboard considering the fact we need a 1st line center, that I traded for all of the considerations...

[kyuss275]

When is feasters press conference?

[Jore]

Well that blows huge chunks.

Hope we only draft Western boys from now on