[Rumour] Dreger: Calgary pushing hard for Talbot. McKenzie: Flames have interest in Jones too

[Lord Carnage]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Misdirection is definitely a part of the business. If everyone is paying attention to your left hand that's carrying lit sparklers, no one sees the right hand come up and smack you on the side of the head. Which is exactly how the whole Talbot for 2 second rounders looks and then SMACK! Dougie Hamilton is a Flame.

Ya - what he said!

[Roof-Daddy]

Only goalie that makes sense to me right now, other than Hiller, would be Kari Lehtonen. Played for Hartley before, and the Stars just traded for Niemi's rights.

I wouldn't give much up for him though. Mason Raymond straight up would be about it. Both UFA's at the same time.

Then of course the Flames would have to flip Hiller somewhere else, hopefully for 2016 picks.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

Only goalie that makes sense to me right now, other than Hiller, would be Kari Lehtonen. Played for Hartley before, and the Stars just traded for Niemi's rights.

I wouldn't give much up for him though. Mason Raymond straight up would be about it. Both UFA's at the same time.

Then of course the Flames would have to flip Hiller somewhere else, hopefully for 2016 picks.

Jim Nill has already come out and said he got Niemi to use in tandem with Lehtonen.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

Jim Nill has already come out and said he got Niemi to use in tandem with Lehtonen.

Haha, alrighty then. Nevermind.

[Caged Great]

I think that what we have is what we're going with. Nobody else needs a goalie or has one available that's an improvement over Hiller, so we might as well run with what we've got. Hopefully Ortio can steal the show.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

Haha, alrighty then. Nevermind.

And he's awful

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

And he's awful

Yeah, but I'm not really a Hiller fan though either.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Clarkey

I almost guarantee the Flames interest in Talbot was bogus and put out there intentionally by the Flames to toy with the Oilers to drive up the trade value Edmonton would pay.

The beauty of it, if true, is that it served a double purpose. First, it drove up the market price for Talbot. Second, it fooled everybody about what Treliving was going to do with his second-round picks, which, as we now know, he was dangling before Sweeney to get Hamilton.

I imagine Treliving genuinely did make an offer for Talbot, though, knowing that Sather was bound to keep working the market until the last minute. Which means he was using the Rangers as a smokescreen. Excellent work.