[News] Flames offersheet O'Reilly UPDATE: Avs match

[Enoch Root]

With O'Reilly, our young Cs in the org...

Backlund 23
O'Reilly 22
Horak 21
Reinhart 21
Granlund 19
Jankowski 18
and if he signs, Arnold 20

[flamesaresmokin]

Originally Posted by albertGQ

7 days to match is reasonable in the off season. But if the season has already started, teams should only have 3 days to match

7 days is very fair - you have to make major financial decisions and potentially trade personnel. It would be very unfair to ask a team to do all this in a span of a few hours.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Dean Molberg ‏@fan960boomer If the Flames DO get O'Reilly, could be a scramble to get under cap next season. Compliance buy out almost assured somewhere.


Good point by boomer, Flames may buyout someone this summer to get under the cap for next season.

My guess is Cammy. Too inconsistent and not worth $6 mil! He should give some of that to iggy.

[calgARI]

Originally Posted by albertGQ

So which center is more coveted and has higher potential?

Ryan O'Reilly or Matt Duschene?

Pretty different players. Duchene more offensive upside but O'Reilly more versatile and more well-rounded. Duchene has underachieved the last couple of years while O'Reilly has really overachieved. I've said it in a couple other posts but O'Reilly is big time late bloomer whose ceiling is much tougher to read.

[CsInMyBlood]

6.5 million dollars for Ryan O'Reilly?

My god Feaster really is an idiot, this confirms it.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Really kind of torn on this. If the Avs don't match, I understand the odds of the 1st round pick being in the top 4 or 5 is pretty low, but it still can happen. That scares the bejesus out of me.

But getting a good two-way center who is still very young is pretty attractive for a fan who watches a team with the worst collection of centers in the league.

Still not sure what to think. Just hope that 1st rounder doesn't turn out to be a high pick.

[BintonB]

I don't get why he didn't make this around the range of a 5 year contract? What happens if he leaves 2 years from now

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by saillias

I made the suggestion that we do this earlier in the month without thinking about the cost. Now that it happened I kinda feel sick. This franchise, man.

hahahah, effen Flames fans.

"I want this to happen!"
it happened!
"...I feel sick"

[sun]

In the past two decades, who have the Flames picked in the first round that is better than O'Reilly? Phaneuf at one point? Hopefully Sven and Jankowski?

A bird in hand is worth 18 in the bush.

[BintonB]

Originally Posted by flamesaresmokin

7 days is very fair - you have to make major financial decisions and potentially trade personnel. It would be very unfair to ask a team to do all this in a span of a few hours.

lol what? Span of a few hours? Who the hell said that

[albertGQ]

Originally Posted by BintonB

source?

There's posts with Bob Mackenzie and Dreger's tweets that confirm this

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Originally Posted by BintonB

source?

Steinberg was just talking about this on the Fan. But it seems that with the Olympics, the deadline will be in March if 06 and 2010 are any indication.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood

6.5 million dollars for Ryan O'Reilly?

My god Feaster really is an idiot, this confirms it.

The only thing that matters for a rich club like Calgary is the cap hit.

[Captain_Obvious]

Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood

6.5 million dollars for Ryan O'Reilly?

My god Feaster really is an idiot, this confirms it.

5 Million dollar cap hit I believe.

No need to get over dramatic.

[chalms04]

Aside: props to the CP servers not even flickering.

[Yoho]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Dean Molberg ‏@fan960boomer If the Flames DO get O'Reilly, could be a scramble to get under cap next season. Compliance buy out almost assured somewhere.


Good point by boomer, Flames may buyout someone this summer to get under the cap for next season.

Camellarri ?

[malcolmk14]

Colorado will not match the offer.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Avs won't match, Calgary's #1 pick ends up winning the lottery and becomes the #1 overall pick. I can't even imagine what this place would be like if that happened.

[albertGQ]

Originally Posted by flamesaresmokin

7 days is very fair - you have to make major financial decisions and potentially trade personnel. It would be very unfair to ask a team to do all this in a span of a few hours.

3 days is a few hours?

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

My guess is Cammy. Too inconsistent and not worth $6 mil! He should give some of that to iggy.

Agreed. When you look at who we have under contract for next year, Cammalleri is the obvious buy-out candidate. Unless you can move him in some fashion at the deadline or draft.