[Signing] Flames sign John Ramage to ELC

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

As per Flames twitter:

Calgary Flames ‏@NHLFlames 36s
The #Flames have signed defenceman John Ramage to an entry level contract. DETAILS ~ http://cflam.es/ZCvqsC

Two year deal worth $900,000 AAV.

[jschick88]

Was getting worried that he wasn't going to sign.

[JurassicTunga12]

Good news!

[Nammer403]

Awesome!

[ComixZone]

Must draft Max Domi this season and Sam Reinhart next season.

Max Reinhart
Sam Reinhart
Max Domi
John Ramage

"Legacy"

[Roof-Daddy]

Nice, glad the Flames feel he could be a part of the future of this organization.

[You Need a Thneed]

any consideration of playing him with the Flames yet this year?

[Cheerio]

Glad the latest rendition of "Has Boyd signed yet?" is over. Can't wait until next year when it is "Has Agostino signed yet?"

[Hockey_Ninja]

Excellent. He seems like an underrated prospect for sure.

[Ottobot]

Thats good to hear. Hopefully Granlund is next.

[neo45]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

any consideration of playing him with the Flames yet this year?

If his two year deal starts next season then he can't play with the Flames this year. If it is like Hanowski's deal where he is an RFA at the end of next season, then he could play some games now

[FakenHaken]

Awesome news... He may not have the offensive upside of a Justin Shultz, but he has that intangible captain material. His big hit


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWVYug0nlw8

I can't seem to get the you tube link to display proper.

[LouCypher]

Would this be our 2nd 2nd generation Flame? Glad he is signed and how often do you get to say second second?

[dammage79]

Yes!!! Finally got it done! Cannot wait to see another second generation Flames suit up.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

If I'm not mistaken, Granlund's the only prospect that has to be signed this year. I'm not worried about him getting signed.

Happy they signed Ramage though.

[Roof-Daddy]

Wish the kid was a couple inches taller, but 6'0 200lbs is OK size for a (hopefully) future NHL Dman. Still just 22, so he might bulk up a bit more yet too.

Plus he's a right handed shot, something we sorely lack among our D prospects.

1. Brodie
2. Sieloff
3. Wotherspoon
4. Breen
5. Cundari
6. Kulak
7. Culkin
8. Martin


...all left handed shots. The only other right handed D-man prospect we have is Lamb, who is RFA and might not even be back.

[Miniac]

Great news!

[Husky]

Phew. I thought forsure he was going to walk and play up North with Shultz.

IMO, Ramage has the same character for our futrue D squad that Reinheirt could for our future forward squad.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

Wish the kid was a couple inches taller, but 6'0 200lbs is OK size for a (hopefully) future NHL Dman. Still just 22, so he might bulk up a bit more yet too.

Plus he's a right handed shot, something we sorely lack among our D prospects.

1. Brodie
2. Sieloff
3. Wotherspoon
4. Breen
5. Cundari
6. Kulak
7. Culkin
8. Martin


...all left handed shots. The only other right handed D-man prospect we have is Lamb, who is RFA and might not even be back.

Actually I believe Carson is right handed if you wanna consider him a prospect. He's not really, but he's still relatively young.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire

Actually I believe Carson is right handed if you wanna consider him a prospect. He's not really, but he's still relatively young.

Yeah, I didn't include him because he is UFA, and I don't see him being here after this season.

I did notice that a couple of the young(ish) ATO d-man we have with the Heat are righties too (Hardowa and Siego), but they aren't legitimately Flames prospects IMO, unless they have an NHL deal with the Flames.