News from training camp. Stone PTO and maybe forward PTO(Brett Ritchie?). Parsons out

[scobel]

Maybe we will see:

Gaudreau Lindholm Simon
Tkachuk Backlund Mangiapane
Leivo Monahan Ryan
Lucic Bennett Dube

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by scobel

Maybe we will see:

Gaudreau Lindholm Simon
Tkachuk Backlund Mangiapane
Leivo Monahan Ryan
Lucic Bennett Dube

Maybe once or twice during camp, but there is no chance that Monahan is dropped to third-line minutes and deployment when tbe season starts.

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[1qqaaz]

Originally Posted by 868904

Robinson is not that good at fighting and he’s not really an NHL player.

Rinaldo is undersized for this role.

A few seasons ago, Ritchie scored 16 goals and had 34 points.

As long as his effort is there, he’s better than both Robinson and Rinaldo in every way.

Which season was this?
Even if you include the AHL, Ritchie hasn't had more than 30 points since 2013-2014. Over the past 3 years, Ritchie has averaged a 14 point pace (over 82 games).

Kirkland is three years younger than Ritchie and produces more in the AHL. Kirkland also puts up more PIMs. Roughly the same size.
And I don't even think Kirkland should play in the NHL this year.

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What I'd like to try:

Tkachuk - Monahan - Mangiapane
Gaudreau - Lindholm - Simon
Leivo - Backlund - Ryan
Lucic - Bennett - Dube

It's a balanced offense approach that I feel could go a long way in a compressed season.

[agulati]

I think he meant 2016-17 where he had 16 goals and 24 points (not 34).

His point totals have been 14 (71 games), 6 (53 games) and 6 (27 games) since then.

[scobel]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Maybe once or twice during camp, but there is no chance that Monahan is dropped to third-line minutes and deployment when tbe season starts.

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I am not convinced that we will see set line deployment as much as rolling the lines. Monahan will still get top line PP minutes. I believe the Flames will want to use their depth advantage as much as possible. It will be great to follow to see which direction they go.

[agulati]

The way I see it as well , is that we will be rolling all four lines, with the top three lines getting almost even ice-time. Backlund's line getting the most defensive zone starts.

[getoverit]

Some teams got some great deals with this deflated covid cap mgmt crap. We were not one of them ughhh. Would have been nice to not have been up to the cap

[camm13]

I'd argue that we signed some good depth pieces, we otherwise would not have if it wasn't for the covid cap. Simon, Nesterov, Leivo, Nordstorm

[Gallick]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Me thinks you're thinking of Gillies.

Parsons wasn't in the WJC (Edit: he was and had a .917 in 5 starts) and played with Tkachuk on the Knights in their OHL title.

I know we all blocked the Canadian shootout loss from our collective memory, but Parsons was the starting goaltender for a gold medal-winning USA team in 2017.

[Derek Sutton]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

No they won't be moving. Treliving confirmed the intention is that the Heat will play in Stockton this year.

This makes zero sense to me. There how many cities in Canada to have adequate, vacant, arenas to host the Heat. Provide the AHL runs with a Canadian division, why wouldn't they move the team north for this year? This would eliminate the biggest current hurdle for call ups.

[MissTeeks]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1345890185993572353

https://twitter.com/user/status/1345896639777521664

[Burning Beard]

Originally Posted by Derek Sutton

This makes zero sense to me. There how many cities in Canada to have adequate, vacant, arenas to host the Heat. Provide the AHL runs with a Canadian division, why wouldn't they move the team north for this year? This would eliminate the biggest current hurdle for call ups.

It seems like the NHL barely got permission for the main clubs to travel around playing. I think they had to cave on testing everyone every day including families. That would be pretty cost prohibitive for the AHL clubs I reckon.

[Rick M.]

Originally Posted by 868904

Robinson is not that good at fighting and he’s not really an NHL player.

Rinaldo is undersized for this role.

A few seasons ago, Ritchie scored 16 goals and had 34 points.

As long as his effort is there, he’s better than both Robinson and Rinaldo in every way.

Ritchie generally produces less than 10 goals per season.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

I keep holding out hope that Parsons will reach the potential I believe he has, or had, but man the past few years don't make me feel very confident at all. Too bad, he was such a star in that WJC I thought he was a lock to be at least an NHL backup. Such bad luck with drafted goalies for this franchise in recent memory, let's hope Wolf can break that streak.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Derek Sutton

This makes zero sense to me. There how many cities in Canada to have adequate, vacant, arenas to host the Heat. Provide the AHL runs with a Canadian division, why wouldn't they move the team north for this year? This would eliminate the biggest current hurdle for call ups.

I would think that with the taxi squad, there won't be much movement back and forth from the Heat anyway

[topfiverecords]

Your 2021-2021 Calgary Flames

Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm
Tkachuk - Backlund - Mangiapane
Lucic - Bennett - Dube
Nordstrom - Ryan - Leivo
Simon

Giordano - Tanev
Hanifin - Andersson
Nesterov - Valimaki
Kylington

Markstrom
Rittich

Opening Taxi Squad
Gawdin
Rinaldo
Petrovic
Stone
Domingue
Open slot for cap savings

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by 868904

Robinson is not that good at fighting and he’s not really an NHL player.

Rinaldo is undersized for this role.

A few seasons ago, Ritchie scored 16 goals and had 34 points.

As long as his effort is there, he’s better than both Robinson and Rinaldo in every way.

24 points and since then has been a scratched more than my cats carpet house, the only reason he made a lineup was because he's a big R-shot but he takes stupid and lazy penalties and has zero toolbox.

Brett Ritchie is no good

[the_only_turek_fan]

Originally Posted by MissTeeks

https://twitter.com/user/status/1345890185993572353

https://twitter.com/user/status/1345896639777521664

Those retros are soooooo sexy. I am so happy they did this.

[Yrebmi]

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