[Rumour] Kraken exploring Giordano/Strome swap with Rangers

[tvp2003]

Originally Posted by getbak

Good perspective.

Kylington is the same age Gio was when he went to Russia. He has also played almost twice as many NHL games as Gio had at the same age.

But Kylington passed through waivers. WAIVERS!

I'm intrigued to see if Kylington pans out. He may be an bonafide NHLer, or he may be a bust. I'd rather find out with him wearing a Flames jersey.

[heep223]

How credible is this rumour/has there been an update? Would appreciate someone saving me having to scroll through 200 posts lol

[djsFlames]

If your hopes to fill Gio's shoes rest on Kylington, then i'm afraid you are lost.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Waivers last season don’t mean anything.

Everyone had full rosters, and full taxi squads. In order to claim a player off waivers, you’d also have to either then complete a trade within 24 hours (to free the roster spot), or had already put a player on waivers (without knowing the player you wanted was about to be on waivers).

It took significant effort to make a claim, they weren’t freebies.

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by heep223

How credible is this rumour/has there been an update? Would appreciate someone saving me having to scroll through 200 posts lol

No one else has mentioned it media wise. And it was a speculation on that reporters part.

[Funkhouser]

I for one would be happy to roll with some younger D next year...
We always spend a tonne of assets in loading up our D every year and it doesn't seem to result in change.

Hanafin Tanev
Valimaki/Mackey Anderson
Valimaki/Mackey UFA
Stone

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by ricardodw

Hold the presses!! The Flames have a top RW

Buddy Robinson in 9 games... 12.5% more than Kylington

CF% 55.8
FF% 52.1
PDO 99.8

He is a UFA so the Flames better sign him before he the rest of the league gets their chance.

It would save the Flames 4-5 M on signing Hyman

You got it.

[djsFlames]

Stone would be a mainstay in my top 6. Probably as the defacto #5.

He was legitimately solid, steady, and used his shot well.

One of the most notable resurgences from a player on this team that looked to be one foot in retirement.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by droopydrew19

Some muchmusic DJ I think

Originally Posted by AC

He's just the temp anyways, hardly trustworthy.

I just looked him up and he's 51 years old now! Holy crap, when did everybody get old?

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Stone would be a mainstay in my top 6. Probably as the defacto #5.

He was legitimately solid, steady, and used his shot well.

One of the most notable resurgences from a player on this team that looked to be one foot in retirement.

Stone is another quality player this organization has had for four years that they simply refuse to use correctly.

No surprise Darryl has been able to make something of him.

[1qqaaz]

Originally Posted by Funkhouser

I for one would be happy to roll with some younger D next year...
We always spend a tonne of assets in loading up our D every year and it doesn't seem to result in change.

Hanafin Tanev
Valimaki/Mackey Anderson
Valimaki/Mackey UFA
Stone

The Flames will definitely sign, acquire and play someone who is older.
Even in the deepest valley of the rebuild, they didn't allow the D to be that young.

[Skaloper]

Originally Posted by 1qqaaz

The Flames will definitely sign, acquire and play someone who is older.
Even in the deepest valley of the rebuild, they didn't allow the D to be that young.

They'll probably resign Stone and another grab another veteran to compete with Kylington/Valimaki/Mackey in a bottom pairing. You have to expect at some point Andersson, Hanifin or Tanev might get hurt and you need someone who can step in.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by 1_flames_fan

what's the odds on this gio to rangers trade actually happening?

0 - 100%

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

What? Obviously you didn't like it, and there were many others, but it far from universally panned. I would say it was more like 50/50, leaning on favourable.

I can’t think of a single pundit that applauded the Tanev deal. I think everyone said he was declining and the term was too long

[868904]

Originally Posted by Skaloper

They'll probably resign Stone and another grab another veteran to compete with Kylington/Valimaki/Mackey in a bottom pairing. You have to expect at some point Andersson, Hanifin or Tanev might get hurt and you need someone who can step in.

Oleksiak probably would have been target number 1 to replace Gio on that second pair but Seattle got him too.

[Rollin22x]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

Stone is another quality player this organization has had for four years that they simply refuse to use correctly.

No surprise Darryl has been able to make something of him.

Didn't the blood clot issue put him on IR for a while?
He looked like a decent defensemen the last part of this year but prior to that I think all he offered was the shot from the point.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

I can’t think of a single pundit that applauded the Tanev deal. I think everyone said he was declining and the term was too long

Hi.

I guess people see what they want to see.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by mikephoen

Yeah, what is with all these posters unhappy about losing one of the most valuable assets of any of the 30 teams in the expansion draft? It's not like there was any forewarning about there being an expansion draft this summer. It was a complete surprise to all the teams, so what can you do?

Way to deal with the actual post.

Well done.

But sure sarcasm without actually referring to anything I said it the way to go.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

Kylington has impressed me the vast majority of the time, moreso than pretty much every LD not named Giordano. I know the appeal-to-authority types disagree, but I think he's a pretty good player and would thrive in an expanded (top4) role. His "gaffes" get overblown and his strong plays get grossly understated. He also rarely, if ever, gets the benefit of a Tanev type partner who'd be the perfect foil to his style of play.

What does that even mean?

[ricardodw]

Originally Posted by Bingo

What does that even mean?

I think that we are taking for a fact that the 14 coaches he has worked with and the rest of the NHL pro-scouts and coaches in the league do not see him in a top-4 role and we just are going along with their judgement.


I hope that these coaches have a better handle on at least the minimum level of play that doesn't hurt the team than the regular fan / CP poster.