Joe "Frickin" Colborne

[Stanathan]

If Colbourne keeps this up, perhaps the Flames can trade him in the offseason as part of a package for some serious talent. I'm not sure he can make a career as a top 6 player. Buy low, sell high. I'm happy to keep him as well.

[kehatch]

Originally Posted by Stanathan

If Colbourne keeps this up, perhaps the Flames can trade him in the offseason as part of a package for some serious talent. I'm not sure he can make a career as a top 6 player. Buy low, sell high. I'm happy to keep him as well.

You wouldn't get much. Maybe a 3rd.

Colborne lacks the defensive play for the bottom 6 and the offensive play for the top 6. But he is young, adds size to a small Flames roster, and he could mature into a decent NHLer.

Worth more to us than the third we would probably get.

[kyuss275]

Originally Posted by kehatch

You wouldn't get much. Maybe a 3rd.

Colborne lacks the defensive play for the bottom 6 and the offensive play for the top 6. But he is young, adds size to a small Flames roster, and he could mature into a decent NHLer.

Worth more to us than the third we would probably get.

Pretty sure he was talking about colbourne being traded in package with veteran player. Not by himself

[Gaskal]

I hope we don't trade him just as he's starting to really become an NHL player. Something big would have to come back on the return to mollify me enough over the loss of Colborne.

[kehatch]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Pretty sure he was talking about colbourne being traded in package with veteran player. Not by himself

Add 50 cents to a toonie and you have 250. Doesn't make the 50 cents more valuable.

[BACKCHECK!!!]

Originally Posted by Stanathan

If Colbourne keeps this up, perhaps the Flames can trade him in the offseason as part of a package for some serious talent. I'm not sure he can make a career as a top 6 player. Buy low, sell high. I'm happy to keep him as well.

I agree in principle, but as long as his trade value is less than a top-6 forward, he might be worth more to the Flames than to most other teams.

Colborne is still a gamble, but it's teams like Calgary that are best positioned to take that gamble and have the most to gain from it.

[Da_Chief]

No need to trade him, he's a future top 6 player.

[jg13]

3G 6A in his last 11 Games and his game is only improving.. definitely worth keeping for now.

[puds]

Colborne wouldn't net much and he adds size and might develop into something better.

[IgiTang]

Let's trade everyone for unproven top 6 potential players. Especially Colborne who is showing why he was drafted in the first place.

Hop in this thread to read some much deserved Colborne love and all I see is people discussing trading him..

Cmon.. Let's hold onto some of these guys at least a year or two to evaluate them properly before running into a Martin St.Louis situation..

[OzSome]

Originally Posted by Stanathan

If Colbourne keeps this up, perhaps the Flames can trade him in the offseason as part of a package for some serious talent. I'm not sure he can make a career as a top 6 player. Buy low, sell high. I'm happy to keep him as well.

Seriously?? Why do CP always wants to trade our player especially the ones that are showing improvement? Then we always wants every single players not on this team it doesn't matter if they are old or mediocre or plain bad hockey player. When someone suggested they are available, someone will say 'i don't mind the Flames trading for him or picking him up.'

Colborne might not be a top 6 talent that you might think but as I recall NHL team dresses 12 forwards, 6 defensemen and 2 goalies...so I am okay with him ending up even as a third line player. Chicago won the Cup not just because of Toews, Kane, and other top 6 players. They won it as a team with their 3rd and 4th line players helping out as well.

I am happy with Colborne's improvement and same goes to Backlund, Bouma, Brodie, Byron and hopefully Reinhart, Hanowski, Wotherspoon and others will follow.

[kehatch]

Originally Posted by IgiTang

Hop in this thread to read some much deserved Colborne love and all I see is people discussing trading him.

Originally Posted by OzSome

Seriously?? Why do CP always wants to trade our player especially the ones that are showing improvement?

Near as I can tell one poster suggested trading him. Why do CP always over react.

[STeeLy]

Originally Posted by kehatch

Add 50 cents to a toonie and you have 250. Doesn't make the 50 cents more valuable.

No, but technically speaking, you can get more with $2.50 compared to $2, or, as many consumers think, you can get better quality with $2.50 compared to $2.

By no means am I suggesting we trade him though.

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

Colborne wasn't part of people's line up cards at the beginning of the year and is taking up a roster spot that people had filled in with some Flames draft pick so people want to trade him so they can much easier slot in Sven and others into their line up.

This post olympic "streak" the Flames has been great mostly because the players making a difference have mostly been players who have a chance to be a part of this teams future, and Colborne has been a big part of that. He's far from an untouchable, but he sure is proving he was worth taking a very minor chance on.

[FacePaint]

His work along the boards is getting better and better every game

[jesters91]

Joe has been a solid addition to the team at this stage of it's rebuild. Added size, though he doesn't use it to his advantage as much as he could if he added some bulk to his frame, is the right age group and has some offensive upside. He started slow in Calgary, has been inconsistent at times but of late his play has progressed very nicely. His chemistry flanking either Backlund or Monahan's left side has been positive for the most part. If he projects into the Flames 3rd LW there is nothing wrong with that, not to mention a steal for a 4th round draft pick.

No complaints here. No desire to trade him either.

[OzSome]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

We've just got way too many 3/4C here and in the pipeline. Stajan, Backlund, Knight, Reinhart, Colborne, Arnold, Jankowski, and on and on. I'm sure I'm missing a few

I think players like Reinhart, Colborne, Jankowski and even Knight can be move to the wing if the Flames have to. Case in point, Colborne is having better success and more confidence playing on the wing. He's been using his big body lately hence, more ice time and more scoring chances. It is actually more difficult to move a winger to centre position than the other way around. So having more C's in the future actually excites me.

[Racki]

I'm very eager to see the improvements he makes after a full offseason of training under Rich Hesketh and a Bob Harley training camp.

[kyuss275]

Originally Posted by OzSome

Seriously?? Why do CP always wants to trade our player especially the ones that are showing improvement? Then we always wants every single players not on this team it doesn't matter if they are old or mediocre or plain bad hockey player. When someone suggested they are available, someone will say 'i don't mind the Flames trading for him or picking him up.'

Colborne might not be a top 6 talent that you might think but as I recall NHL team dresses 12 forwards, 6 defensemen and 2 goalies...so I am okay with him ending up even as a third line player. Chicago won the Cup not just because of Toews, Kane, and other top 6 players. They won it as a team with their 3rd and 4th line players helping out as well.

I am happy with Colborne's improvement and same goes to Backlund, Bouma, Brodie, Byron and hopefully Reinhart, Hanowski, Wotherspoon and others will follow.

I have no problem keeping Colbourne but why doe some on CP get up in arms when some one proposes trading a youngster if it makes the flames better? If I go by what some on CP post then none of our youngsters are available . That's fine if you want to see the future smallest team in the NHL. If we want to get bigger in the top 6 with someone that is ready for the NhL then I doubt our veterans like Wideman will bring that in.

I've seen posts from some saying re-sign Cammi, keep Hudler, keep Byron and hopefully Gaudreau makes the big team next year. Granted not all in same post, but that's what it adds up to when you collect them together.

I would like to keep Colbourne but nobody should be untradeable .

[OzSome]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

I have no problem keeping Colbourne but why doe some on CP get up in arms when some one proposes trading a youngster if it makes the flames better? If I go by what some on CP post then none of our youngsters are available . That's fine if you want to see the future smallest team in the NHL. If we want to get bigger in the top 6 with someone that is ready for the NhL then I doubt our veterans like Wideman will bring that in.

I've seen posts from some saying re-sign Cammi, keep Hudler, keep Byron and hopefully Gaudreau makes the big team next year. Granted not all in same post, but that's what it adds up to when you collect them together.

I would like to keep Colbourne but nobody should be untradeable .

I am not claiming he is untradeable but why can't we let the young guys show their full potential before people propose a trade? The weird part was when people were saying, what happens if the youngster ended up a bust in a few seasons? That means we can't trade them. NHL is a gamble.. there are some good prospects who turned into a bust and some who other thinks don't have a chance turned out to be a good NHL player. If the Flames didn't gamble on Fleury before, would we find out how good an NHL players he become? Just tired of people always thinking we should trade so and so because we can get so and so for him.