2021/2022 Trade Speculation and Rumours

[chedder]

Originally Posted by gvitaly

https://twitter.com/Nathanr89/status...127589891?s=20

Slow day, but Dube has been spotted, says he’s going to sign soon.

Yup, I saw him on Stephen Ave last night. Totally off topic, but he is quite small. No way he's 5'10 or 185 pounds. I'd guess 5'8, 160 tops.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by chedder

Yup, I saw him on Stephen Ave last night. Totally off topic, but he is quite small. No way he's 5'10 or 185 pounds. I'd guess 5'8, 160 tops.

Maybe you're shorter than you think you are.

[chedder]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

Maybe you're shorter than you think you are.

And fatter

[Hey Connor, It's Mess]

Originally Posted by chedder

Yup, I saw him on Stephen Ave last night. Totally off topic, but he is quite small. No way he's 5'10 or 185 pounds. I'd guess 5'8, 160 tops.

His official draft measurement was 5'10.5" and those numbers do not get fudged.

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by chedder

Yup, I saw him on Stephen Ave last night. Totally off topic, but he is quite small. No way he's 5'10 or 185 pounds. I'd guess 5'8, 160 tops.

How impressive were his eyebrows in person and out in the wild?

[chedder]

Originally Posted by Bunk

How impressive were his eyebrows in person and out in the wild?

Very! He was quite groomed. Shorter hair, trimmed beard.

[Rick M.]

Originally Posted by chedder

Very! He was quite groomed. Shorter hair, trimmed beard.

That clearly wasn’t him. I’ve heard he’s homeless!

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by chedder

Yup, I saw him on Stephen Ave last night. Totally off topic, but he is quite small. No way he's 5'10 or 185 pounds. I'd guess 5'8, 160 tops.

Don't get a job as a carney that guesses weight...Dube is bigger than that

[The Original FFIV]

Check this drivel out. There’s still time…his hands are tied…it’s hard…

https://twitter.com/rodpedersenshow/...768309762?s=10

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by The Original FFIV

Check this drivel out. There’s still time…his hands are tied…it’s hard…

https://twitter.com/rodpedersenshow/...768309762?s=10

Yeah, I’m not a big fan of this “it’s hard, the market is really tight - what can he do? No one is going to help him make the team better by offering him a good trade”

…well no #%^*, of course it’s hard. It’s hard for all of the GMs in the league. This is professional sports. The name of the game is to be better than other teams/other coaches/other GMs. We as fans are just supposed to be okay with a perennially bad team because…it’s hard?

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Pretty vanilla comments. I don't think Leslie is the guy to bash Treliving or the organization over their lack of moves. Not sure what people were expecting him to say there. If you're looking for someone to go loco on Treliving you should go to a different source.

[Moneyhands23]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

Pretty vanilla comments. I don't think Leslie is the guy to bash Treliving or the organization over their lack of moves. Not sure what people were expecting him to say there. If you're looking for someone to go loco on Treliving you should go to a different source.

Francis!!!!

[Royle9]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

Yeah, I’m not a big fan of this “it’s hard, the market is really tight - what can he do? No one is going to help him make the team better by offering him a good trade”

…well no #%^*, of course it’s hard. It’s hard for all of the GMs in the league. This is professional sports. The name of the game is to be better than other teams/other coaches/other GMs. We as fans are just supposed to be okay with a perennially bad team because…it’s hard?

Sad to hear yet again, especially after Brads end of season presser where he clamored the need to "change up the core" all of which hasn't been done.

Yea we lose Gio and sure that's a big piece but this team needed/needs more change to become competitive. Unfortunately Brad is doing what Brad does best in deflecting, trusting the process and commenting on how the market is "cold" or its "hard" etc.

Same ol Brad we've seen the last 3-4 years, did anyone actually expect anything different? I think some of us hoped perhaps this was the year for change, but clearly that's not the case here.

Another year of a "good on paper" team, mediocrity professionals.

[The Original FFIV]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

Pretty vanilla comments. I don't think Leslie is the guy to bash Treliving or the organization over their lack of moves. Not sure what people were expecting him to say there. If you're looking for someone to go loco on Treliving you should go to a different source.

What I wasn't expecting Leslie to say is that this is a good core, as this is not the prevailing thought. If this was a good core, there would be rival GMs lining up to acquire players from this supposed good core. I didn't like how he says he wasn't there to make excuses then proceeds to roll out a number of excuses as to why nothing has been done.

[robertsfanatic]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

Yeah, I’m not a big fan of this “it’s hard, the market is really tight - what can he do? No one is going to help him make the team better by offering him a good trade”

…well no #%^*, of course it’s hard. It’s hard for all of the GMs in the league. This is professional sports. The name of the game is to be better than other teams/other coaches/other GMs. We as fans are just supposed to be okay with a perennially bad team because…it’s hard?

not making excuses for him but what did you want him to say? you said yourself that of course it's hard.

I didn't listen but at the end did he say "because it's so hard I have stopped trying and will wait until next year to try again?"

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by robertsfanatic

not making excuses for him but what did you want him to say? you said yourself that of course it's hard.

I didn't listen but at the end did he say "because it's so hard I have stopped trying and will wait until next year to try again?"

I just think the entire talking point of "it's hard" is just useless blabbering.

Ryan Leslie even said that the off-season isn't over and there's still time for Treliving to make changes, so I'm not being critical of Ryan in general - just the specific talking point/being apologetic over how hard the job is. Treliving's job is to execute at a better level than his peers, and he hasn't for a number of years now. It's okay for the media to be critical of am underperforming team and manager.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

I just think the entire talking point of "it's hard" is just useless blabbering.

Ryan Leslie even said that the off-season isn't over and there's still time for Treliving to make changes, so I'm not being critical of Ryan in general - just the specific talking point/being apologetic over how hard the job is. Treliving's job is to execute at a better level than his peers, and he hasn't for a number of years now. It's okay for the media to be critical of am underperforming team and manager.

Ryan Leslie isn't really media though....he's an employee of the Flames organization isn't he?

He works for Sportsnet but he also does Flames TV and some other stuff directly for the team.

[Royle9]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Ryan Leslie isn't really media though....he's an employee of the Flames organization isn't he?

He's sportsnet as of last year IIRC.
Brendan Parker took over his Flames gig

[Monahammer]

"sorry boss, it was a hard environment for me to make any sales in last quarter" -Salesman

[Jiri Hrdina]

Ryan Leslie has never been one to have strong opinions. He's a solid host and interviewer but it tends to be from a positive angle. And that seems to be typical for the host role, probably because part of the job is to get people excited so they watch the games. My observation is that most of the folks in that role aren't that critical of the team. Point being - you aren't going to get hard hitting criticism from him.