[News] Shane O'Brien assigned to Heat. Breen recalled.

[getbak]

Breen has been down in Abbotsford for almost a full month since he was last sent down and has played 10 games for the Heat in January.

Based on what PMM posted in the Heat thread, he has been playing well down there. So, now they can give him a look after getting back to game speed.


He's still young and an RFA at the end of the season, so they can control his rights for another couple of seasons if they want to, but they need to figure out if it's worth holding on to him. This recall is his chance to show that he has an NHL future.

Let's not forget that Giordano looked pretty bad during his first recall.

[Vulcan]

Yeah, you have to show some patience with young defencemen. The guy was coming off a serious injury with little ice time to get in the flow. He deserves this chance and I wish him good luck.

[puckluck2]

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

He's been a good prospect for us and has been great in the minors. Time to see if he can play in the NHL. That's the primary reason.

But tanking is probably a nice secondary reason.

Wow, that is just not true. Good prospects who are 6'7 and are great in the minors don't clear waivers.

He is a below average prospect playing ok in the AHL. No need to exaggerate.

[PlayfulGenius]

This is good news...moving out a player with no future on the team to give a young, expiring contract one last chance to earn an extension...this is nice to see...lets hope Breen makes a strong case to stick around.

[sureLoss]

http://theahl.com/stats/transactions.php

Breen recalled.

One thing can be said about Breen. The Flames will have given him multiple chances to prove he belongs in the NHL.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Breen has underwhelmed on the big club both times.

Bet Tim Ramholt wishes the organization was as forgiving a few years ago.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Breen has underwhelmed on the big club both times.

Bet Tim Ramholt wishes the organization was as forgiving a few years ago.

I still think they screwed up with Ramholt. He may not have ever been any good but the way Sutter treated him, it was guaranteed.

[sureLoss]

Ramholt was given another chance with another two organizations... he didn't do anything there either.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Ramholt was given another chance with another two organizations... he didn't do anything there either.

After Sutter ruined him, yeah.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Don't get me wrong, I don't think Ramholt was going to pan out. But he got one shift, I had never seen that before.

Breen has had worse shifts up here.

Hopefully there is something there but the guy that said he looked like Bambi last time nailed it. He was way outclassed so I am curious to see how this goes

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

After Sutter ruined him, yeah.

Some would say he ruined his own development by not staying in the CHL and going back to Switzerland against the Flames wishes.

[The Original FFIV]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

http://theahl.com/stats/transactions.php

Breen recalled.

One thing can be said about Breen. The Flames will have given him multiple chances to prove he belongs in the NHL.

I just think this was a d-bag move by the Flames, not announcing the call up at the same time as demoting O'Brien. Unless the point was to create buzz about what might be happening, don't see why they didn't announce the call up of Breen at the same time they demoted O'Brien. Get our hopes up that Burke might be doing something to improve the on-ice product only to be let down by a meh call up.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Some would say he ruined his own development by not staying in the CHL and going back to Switzerland against the Flames wishes.

Yeah, that wasn't smart but IIC he was playing well in the A and deserved the call up. After his single shift here, and went down he wasn't the same player.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by The Original FFIV

I just think this was a d-bag move by the Flames, not announcing the call up at the same time as demoting O'Brien. Unless the point was to create buzz about what might be happening, don't see why they didn't announce the call up of Breen at the same time they demoted O'Brien. Get our hopes up that Burke might be doing something to improve the on-ice product only to be let down by a meh call up.

I'm thinking that they may have had something going on but it fell through.

[getbak]

I assume we'll see either Street or Jones on waivers tomorrow if Cammalleri is ready to return.

Kristen Odland ‏@KristenOdlandCH
Interesting point from Burke and the #Flames behind-the-scenes culture: "We work hard. And that’s not just the games people see."

Kristen Odland ‏@KristenOdlandCH
"It's a lifestyle we’ve implemented here." Gives big credit to Bob Hartley and the coaching staff for it.

SOB seems like a guy who might not give 110% in practice.

Presumably, they kept Breen up for so long earlier in the season because they liked how he was working outside of the games. I hope he seizes this opportunity. It would be nice to have a 6'7" beast on the blue line.

[Max Cow Disease]

I don't see how this could be a bad thing. I'd rather give Breenasaurus another chance than retain still-clad-in-Canucks-stench O'Brien. He was my least favourite facet of that trade by a mile and I thus like this team a little more today than I did yesterday with him off of it.

If he's been as solid as some of our resident Heat experts attest, then I think it's worth it to give him a solid stretch of games. Very little to lose at this point, and it seems like Admiral Truculence agrees.

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

I'm thinking that they may have had something going on but it fell through.

Because it took a few hours to announce a recall? Unless it's a big name prospect recalls aren't always announced.

It was reported by Sureloss that Breen left with his equipment after the Heat game last night.

It was reported by the Calgary media that SOB's gear was gone and nameplate down yesterday.

Seems like everything lined up to a demotion/recall yesterday. The waiting for an announcement as a sign of anything is nothing more than baseless fan speculation.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef

Because it took a few hours to announce a recall? Unless it's a big name prospect recalls aren't always announced.

It was reported by Sureloss that Breen left with his equipment after the Heat game last night.

It was reported by the Calgary media that SOB's gear was gone and nameplate down yesterday.

Seems like everything lined up to a demotion/recall yesterday. The waiting for an announcement as a sign of anything is nothing more than baseless fan speculation.

Well this is what Sureloss reported.

Somewhat interesting is that Breen himself said he had no idea what was going on.

May have been trying to be coy, or perhaps something bigger in the works.
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Since Breen didn't seem to know what was happening either, and his recall wasn't announced until this morning, it was worth a little speculating.

[strombad]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

Well this is what Sureloss reported.



Since Breen didn't seem to know what was happening either, and his recall wasn't announced until this morning, it was worth a little speculating.

Well it's not a player's job to announce his call-up.

This seems like a whole lot of people overthinking things, when the situation was pretty cut and dry.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by strombad

Well it's not a player's job to announce his call-up.

This seems like a whole lot of people overthinking things, when the situation was pretty cut and dry.

There's a difference between announcing and not knowing. This is a hockey forum ... speculation and overthinking everything is pretty much what it's about.