Predict the 2016/2017 Flames Starting Lineup

[MarkGio]

Originally Posted by TheKurgan

I am bored so taking a shot at this

Trade:
To Vancouver: Mark Jankowski
To Calgary: Jake Virtanen (RW)
There seems to be a lot of Jake Virtanen hate on Vancouver Hockey forms these days and Weisbrod loved Jankowski in his draft year so the deal is possible.

Draft:
6th OA - Alexander Nylander (LW/RW) - he is the consensus 6th pick by most mock drafts

UFA:
Sign James Reimer (G) to 1-2 year bridge contract until Gillies or McDonald are ready. Also the possiblility of picking up someone better cheap as the expansion draft gets closer.
Sign Jakub Nakladal

Salary dumps/bury in minors/trades for picks:
Bollig, Wideman, Raymond, Stajan, Smid(LTIR)

Lineup:

Gaudreau - Monahan - Nylander
Ferland - Backlund - Frolik
Shinkaruk - Bennett - Virtanen
Bouma - Shore - Colborne
Jooris, (Hathaway/Grant/Poirier/whoever from the farm)

Giordano - Brodie
Hamilton - Jokipakka
Engelland - Nakladal
(one of our young farm guys)

Reimer
Ortio

Flame away

I like it alot. I would personally change my line-up to the following:

Gaudreau - Monahan - Colborne
Frolik - Backlund - Virtanen
Shinkaruk - Bennett - Nylander
Bouma - Jooris - Ferland

Don't expect a new draft pick to be in the top 6 and I like playing 4th line forwards in their roles.

[Fighting Banana Slug]

Originally Posted by TheKurgan

I am bored so taking a shot at this

Trade:
To Vancouver: Mark Jankowski
To Calgary: Jake Virtanen (RW)
There seems to be a lot of Jake Virtanen hate on Vancouver Hockey forms these days and Weisbrod loved Jankowski in his draft year so the deal is possible.
Flame away

There is a fair amount of Virtanen hate here as well. Do not want.

[Fighting Banana Slug]

Originally Posted by MarkGio

To Columbus: Backlund + Ferland + McDonald + Hickey + 6th OA
To Flames: 3rd OA

To move up 3 spots! Much rather keep those guys and #6. Worst case, package those guys up separately for different assets. I like the Finn, but c'mon.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug

To move up 3 spots! Much rather keep those guys and #6. Worst case, package those guys up separately for different assets. I like the Finn, but c'mon.

Thanks x 1000

Just awful.

[TheKurgan]

Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug

There is a fair amount of Virtanen hate here as well. Do not want.

In my mind Virtanen, as a physical RW, is a better fit for Calgary's roster than another two way center like Jankowski. I still see upside for both these guys, but have some doubt Jankowski can challenge Bennett/Backlund for the 2/3C spot. As we all know our RW depth is so Virtanen is a much easier fit.

I also think a line of Shinkaruk/Ferland - Bennett - Virtanen would be a hand full in our bottom six. Fast, physical with some skill.

[Gaskal]

Wouldn't want Virtanen. Was and am still amazed that dim Jim Benning took him over Ritchie.

[Da_Chief]

I would do Virtanen for Janko in a heartbeat and I like Janko. He might not be the smartest player out there but he does have speed, skill, size and plays tough. Simply his game and you have a key player imo.

[Roof-Daddy]

1. Gaudreau - Monahan - Hartnell
2. Shinkaruk - Bennett - Shaw
3. M. Stajan - Backlund - Frolik
4. M Ferland - D. Grant - Hathaway
Extra - Bollig, Hamilton

1. Giordano - Hamilton
2. TJ Brodie - Wideman
3. Jokipakka - Engelland
Extra - Wotherspoon

1. Reimer
2. Ortio

[Samonadreau]

^ and what are you giving up for Hartnell and Shaw?

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by Samonadreau

^ and what are you giving up for Hartnell and Shaw?

I don't know. Does it matter? It's a fake a$$ line up prediction, and no matter what I "propose" to give up for those two, some people will say it's not enough and others will say it's too much, just like after a real trade happens.

[Samonadreau]

Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

I don't know. Does it matter? It's a fake a$$ line up prediction, and no matter what I "propose" to give up for those two, some people will say it's not enough and others will say it's too much, just like after a real trade happens.

So you have no idea.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by Samonadreau

So you have no idea.

lol, if it's bugging you so much, go nuts.

You can choose from:

Raymond (not in mock up)
Colborne (not in mock up)
Jooris (not in mock up)
Bouma (not in mock up)
All our 2016 picks (10 of them)
All our 2017 picks (7 of them)
All our 2018 picks (8 of them)
All of our prospects on the farm, in junior, in college or over seas


Have at 'er.

[dieHARDflameZ]

I don't get the love for Virtanen. I'd rather wait and see what Jankowski is in the NHL than trade for another question mark.

[Samonadreau]

Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

lol, if it's bugging you so much, go nuts.

You can choose from:

Raymond (not in mock up)
Colborne (not in mock up)
Jooris (not in mock up)
Bouma (not in mock up)
All our 2016 picks (10 of them)
All our 2017 picks (7 of them)
All our 2018 picks (8 of them)
All of our prospects on the farm, in junior, in college or over seas


Have at 'er.

I would personally go with all of our 2017 picks

[GoJetsGo]

Virtanen for Jankowski? Naturally Vancouver adds a 2nd. It's what they do.

[Poe969]

That's too much...

[Fire of the Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Samonadreau

So you have no idea.

It's the lineup we'd have just before 'the terrorist storyline' takes place. BT would get those guys for a song and then Putin blows up the Saddledome. Then we don't win the lottery at the end of the year with Derek Grant as the #1 center. Typical Calgary Flames bad luck.

[Samonadreau]

Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix

It's the lineup we'd have just before 'the terrorist storyline' takes place. BT would get those guys for a song and then Bettman blows up the Saddledome. Then we don't win the lottery at the end of the year with Derek Grant as the #1 center. Typical Calgary Flames bad luck.

.....Mic drop.....

[Oling_Roachinen]

Originally Posted by Samonadreau

^ and what are you giving up for Hartnell and Shaw?

Jeeze. Come on bud. Those two players are the players you're going to take issue with in a fantasy thread?

The Blackhawks are in cap trouble, they very well may be forced to move Shaw if they can't get him signed to a reasonable contract. They do not want to be in the same situation as next year facing bonus overages while trying to re-sign Panarin. Anything resembling a remote overpaying offersheet for Shaw will have the Blackhawks taking the 2017 2nd round draft pick.

Hartnell is 34 with three years left on his contract making nearly 5M. It's not a great contract even if Hartnell can still play. He also has a NMC, making him less than an ideal candidate to keep on the Columbus roster come expansion draft. Columbus would not be thrilled having to protect a 35 year old Hartnell. Hartnell has waived his NMC for the time being, and Columbus is looking to move him.

[Murph]

- Escalator clause activated
- Smid to IR
- Raymond buried

- 6OA + 35OA + 56OA + R. Andersson for 3OA
- 54OA + Colborne for MA Fleury
- UFA Loui Eriksson signed 4yrs @ $6M

Gaudreau - Monahan - Eriksson
Bouma - Backlund - Frolik
Shinkaruk - Bennett - Puljujärvi
Ferland - Stajan - Bollig
Agostino

Brodie - Hamilton
Giordano - Wideman
Jokipakka - Engelland
Wotherspoon

Fleury
Ortio

EDIT - With Monahan and Gaudreau signed for a combined $13M the total cap number is just under $74M