2018/2019 Trade Speculation and Rumors

[Moneyhands23]

Originally Posted by TheRealPepman

Whether it's true or not, in my opinion, his presence would simply disrupt the blooming locker room chemistry of the Flames.

If I was one of the Flames players, I'd not be pleased to have Hoffman as my new teammate. No way. Distractions? Nada.

To each his own.

Fair enough, I just don't like the idea of a cloud hanging over a guy that had accusations that were unfounded and not based in fact tainting his life/career.

But your definatly entitled to your opinion

[dammage79]

I just keep coming back to the asset management aspect and cannot reconcile how the Flames go after the big fish rentals at the deadline. Maybe deal their first for a good rfa, and assets for a middle six multi positional forward. One that can play center.

[GioforPM]

Hoffman is a decent player who is having a great season. But he doesn't check many boxes on the Flames needs list.

[Ziggy Lidstrom]

Re: Chucky. He's 21. He is a pwf. His skating has always been a knock but I have seen it improve. He has a pro work ethic and he's above ppg status as a 21 year old pwf. He is also the league's best agitator imo. Marchand was number one but his komarov stunt was a lil over the line. But it's the two of them at the top. He is a very valuable player. He looks physically bigger as well. He could be a very big customer here to round it out. This type of player is valuable. How valuable and how loyal are the pertinent questions afoot.

He will sign for something like Johnny. He will understand the cap dynamics and dynasty potential the flames could have here with their fantastic cap situation.

Which brings me to my current thought about the deadline. Should the flames make a big splash or stay put?

I think a modest acquisition would be good. Brett Richie maybe but would dallas let him go?

Brian Boyle could be a good get.
What would he cost?

how much would kreider really cost?

My buddy says doughty likes yyc. In the off season a trade could be an intriguing proposition but right now I wouldn't want to mess with the chemistry. He says the ire doughty and Chucky have for eachother could lead to magic dynamics for the team too. My buddy knows some of these cats. He and I were on the notion of James neal. We were musing that he could be the biggest acquisition if he turns it on come crunch time. He has been to two cup finals in a row. He could be playing conservatively. That aligns with the stand pat notion.

[Krynn]

Originally Posted by Ziggy Lidstrom

Re: Chucky. He's 21. He is a pwf. His skating has always been a knock but I have seen it improve. He has a pro work ethic and he's above ppg status as a 21 year old pwf. He is also the league's best agitator imo. Marchand was number one but his komarov stunt was a lil over the line. But it's the two of them at the top. He is a very valuable player. He looks physically bigger as well. He could be a very big customer here to round it out. This type of player is valuable. How valuable and how loyal are the pertinent questions afoot.

He will sign for something like Johnny. He will understand the cap dynamics and dynasty potential the flames could have here with their fantastic cap situation.

Which brings me to my current thought about the deadline. Should the flames make a big splash or stay put?

I think a modest acquisition would be good. Brett Richie maybe but would dallas let him go?

Brian Boyle could be a good get.
What would he cost?

how much would kreider really cost?

My buddy says doughty likes yyc. In the off season a trade could be an intriguing proposition but right now I wouldn't want to mess with the chemistry. He says the ire doughty and Chucky have for eachother could lead to magic dynamics for the team too. My buddy knows some of these cats. He and I were on the notion of James neal. We were musing that he could be the biggest acquisition if he turns it on come crunch time. He has been to two cup finals in a row. He could be playing conservatively. That aligns with the stand pat notion.

Yes I will let him go ,what are u offering

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

Tkachuk is the second best forward on this team. His mutually beneficial success with Backlund is not indicative of not being a line driver. Truly one man lines in the history of the NHL could probably be counted on one hand:



Mario Lemieux

Evgeni Malkin

Connor McDavid

Bobby Orr

Pavel Bure



after that, every player has a linemate they work or worked best with.

Kucherov and Point or Stamkos.

Gaudreau and Monahan and Lindholm.

Marner and Tavares or Matthews

Marchand and Bergeron or Krejci



If anything Backlund is the guy who doesn't belong in this conversation.

In the history of hockey?

A pretty incomplete list I would think.

I’m also pretty sure that Bobby Orr was never a one man line LOL.

BTW, Mario Lemieux played with a number of great players like Jagr, Francis and Stevens.


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[Yoho]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Hoffman is a decent player who is having a great season. But he doesn't check many boxes on the Flames needs list.

I must have misread the 2nd line RW scoring stats for the Flames this season.

[goflamesgo18]

Originally Posted by Yoho

I must have miss read the 2nd line RW scoring stats for the Flames this season.

Also misread the #2 PP unit scoring stats

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Yoho

I must have miss read the 2nd line RW scoring stats for the Flames this season.

Hoffman is a LW.

[Wolfman]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Hoffman is a LW.

Hoffman is a spitting image of Cammy, can play both effectively. Almost better on off-wing.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Wolfman

Hoffman is a spitting image of Cammy, can play both effectively. Almost better on off-wing.

He plays LW in Fla and did the same in Ottawa. Playing off wing on a regular basis would, I think be pretty new to him. He doesn't play well defensively so he's like Cammy in that regard. I wasn't a big Cammy fan so that doesn't really sell me on him playing offwing on a line with big defensive responsibilities.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Hoffman is a LW.

Must have misread that.

[Yoho]

Originally Posted by goflamesgo18

Also misread the #2 PP unit scoring stats

Impressive indeed.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

Tkachuk is the second best forward on this team. His mutually beneficial success with Backlund is not indicative of not being a line driver. Truly one man lines in the history of the NHL could probably be counted on one hand:

Mario Lemieux
Evgeni Malkin
Connor McDavid
Bobby Orr
Pavel Bure

after that, every player has a linemate they work or worked best with.
Kucherov and Point or Stamkos.
Gaudreau and Monahan and Lindholm.
Marner and Tavares or Matthews
Marchand and Bergeron or Krejci

If anything Backlund is the guy who doesn't belong in this conversation.

There needs to be some form of punishment if you don’t know Bobby Orr was a defenseman.

[Toonage]

No kidding. Kind of turfs any argument they try to present doesn't it.

[VladtheImpaler]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

There needs to be some form of punishment if you don’t know Bobby Orr was a defenseman.

I think his point was that Orr carried the whole 5 man unit by himself, regardless of whether he was a F or a D.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Toonage

No kidding. Kind of turfs any argument they try to present doesn't it.

Or that Malkin is referenced over Crosby....

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

There needs to be some form of punishment if you don’t know Bobby Orr was a defenseman.

He was still a one man line as a defenseman.

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

Or that Malkin is referenced over Crosby....

Crosby isn't a one man show the way Malkin is even though Crosby is a better player.

I don't think a few of you really understood what my point was, and that list was the names that came to mind. Some guys really thrive on teamwork, and there's been a handful of guys who were just so talented they didn't need to.

I thought the fact that I omitted Gretzky should have made that clear.

[Wolfman]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

He was still a one man line as a defenseman.



Crosby isn't a one man show the way Malkin is even though Crosby is a better player.

I don't think a few of you really understood what my point was, and that list was the names that came to mind. Some guys really thrive on teamwork, and there's been a handful of guys who were just so talented they didn't need to.

I thought the fact that I omitted Gretzky should have made that clear.

[TheScorpion]

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