Rumour: Blake Coleman to Calgary

[GioforPM]

If TB is letting him walk there's no reason for them not to try and get a late pick to let a team in early.

[Young Guns]

I had Blake Comeau in my head for some reason. Couldn't figure out why we would want him. Coleman makes more sense and would be a Sutter favorite.

[EVERLAST]

Sarich needs to get on the phone and brag to Blake about how great Calgary is .....then Tre won't have much work to do.

Ahhh....if only it were that easy

[Lanny_McDonald]

Well, now we're set up for disappointment.

[Stanley]

Is this the first of a handful of trades we were almost in on?

[InternationalVillager]

You add players like Coleman to push you over the top after you have an elite core in place. Odd move for Calgary.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Or you add heart and soul players like Coleman when you're trying to build a winning culture. Could be our present day John Tonelli.

[Saqe]

Originally Posted by InternationalVillager

You add players like Coleman to push you over the top after you have an elite core in place. Odd move for Calgary.

This. Treliving shouldn't touch this with a ten feet pole. It's a classic UFA overpayment for a mediocre player waiting to happen.

[Burning Beard]

Originally Posted by Saqe

This. Treliving shouldn't touch this with a ten feet pole. It's a classic UFA overpayment for a mediocre player waiting to happen.

So who do the Flames target then in your opinion?

[---Hatrick---]

Originally Posted by Saqe

This. Treliving shouldn't touch this with a ten feet pole. It's a classic UFA overpayment for a mediocre player waiting to happen.

So Brad should just sit on his hands and not try to improve the team at all? Let’s just go I to next season with the same line up. Right?
We don’t even know what this contract would be yet, so it’s a bit pre mature to assume this is already an overpayment for a UFA

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

Well, now we're set up for disappointment.

If losing out on Blake Coleman is the biggest disappointment of the weekend for Flames fans you can sign me up for that.

[topfiverecords]

I preferred the times when you'd open the newspaper and read the article about the official trade or signing.

[Saqe]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

So who do the Flames target then in your opinion?

Either you target someone like Eichel or maybe make some minor trades like Pitlick although I wouldn't even do that. This team isn't close to winning anything right now and shouldn't be signing mediocre UFAs who won't move the needle at all.

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

Or you add heart and soul players like Coleman when you're trying to build a winning culture. Could be our present day John Tonelli.

We acquired Tonelli at the deadline in '86 and then didn't re-sign him after benching him in the playoffs in '88. He wasn't on the team that won the Cup.

I remember liking him, but I don't know that he had much of an impact on us wining the Cup in '89.

Edit: Although, I guess we did bring him in from the Isles where he had won a bunch of Cups, which would have been a good thing in the room, since we were a pretty young team at the time. So, fair point.

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

I preferred the times when you'd open the newspaper and read the article about the official trade or signing.

What's a newspaper?

[Flames1217]

Originally Posted by Saqe

This. Treliving shouldn't touch this with a ten feet pole. It's a classic UFA overpayment for a mediocre player waiting to happen.

Before judging the "overpayment" we need to know the number.

Coleman isn't a mediocre player either, he is a competent two way scoring winger. We need all the goal scorers we can get and adding a player who can play in your bottom 6 and still produce is crucial to winning.

I think this is exactly the move we should be making right now of the price is right. We need players who play the right way and care about winning. Coleman is that to a T.

[Enoch Root]

"Flames don't have enough talent, so they shouldn't be going out and trying to acquire more talent!"

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

What's a newspaper?

Before your circuits and chips were invented, words used to be put on paper.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

I preferred the times when you'd open the newspaper and read the article about the official trade or signing.

You can still get that experience. Stay off Twitter and don't read rumour threads.

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

I preferred the times when you'd open the newspaper and read the article about the official trade or signing.

Yes, I agree. The news was always much better when it arrived a day or two later, filtered through the lens of the person writing it and on a medium that left ink all over my fingers.