09-12-2023, 03:24 PM
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#161
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever.
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09-12-2023, 03:28 PM
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#162
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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It's been pretty clear that the Flames plan for this season is
1. hope that prospects can crack the team and become impact players
2. hope that key players bounce back.
I am glad that they aren't trying to sign PTOs but I am also skeptical that we see different results from last season.
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09-12-2023, 03:32 PM
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#163
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#1 Goaltender
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Had the flames kept eakin and Milano, despite not making the playoffs, we’d at least have had the most talked about hair in the league. Chia and the mullet.
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09-12-2023, 05:38 PM
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#164
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All I can get
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How about.... not one... but BOTH Ritchie brothers?
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09-12-2023, 05:50 PM
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#165
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
It's been pretty clear that the Flames plan for this season is
1. hope that prospects can crack the team and become impact players
2. hope that key players bounce back.
I am glad that they aren't trying to sign PTOs but I am also skeptical that we see different results from last season.
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Similar result with a much younger team is still better.
If we are worse, at least we will be sellers at the deadline and hopefully add some quality picks in next draft.
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09-12-2023, 05:51 PM
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#166
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
It's been pretty clear that the Flames plan for this season is
1. hope that prospects can crack the team and become impact players
2. hope that key players bounce back.
I am glad that they aren't trying to sign PTOs but I am also skeptical that we see different results from last season.
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Poor seasons from Kadri, Huberdeau, Markstrom. PP was bad. OT/SO was bad.
Can easily see them being better than last season, probably much better. Still a pretty decent team.
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09-13-2023, 11:08 AM
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#167
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
Poor seasons from Kadri, Huberdeau, Markstrom. PP was bad. OT/SO was bad.
Can easily see them being better than last season, probably much better. Still a pretty decent team.
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Folks have been saying this all summer. I know that it is possible for the Flames to turn a corner and for things to line up right. But to me, I don't want to depend on the same roster that let you down the season before.
I would prefer a clear vision for what sustained success looks like.
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09-13-2023, 12:52 PM
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#168
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Olli Juolevi to Arizona
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09-13-2023, 12:56 PM
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#169
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
Poor seasons from Kadri, Huberdeau, Markstrom. PP was bad. OT/SO was bad.
Can easily see them being better than last season, probably much better. Still a pretty decent team.
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The OT/SO thing could be the biggest factor. It wouldn't even take a considerable bounce back from Huberdeau and Markstrom to correct that record. Hard to believe, considering all the disappointments last season, that with even an average OT/SO record, the Flames would have been a 100 point team.
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09-13-2023, 12:57 PM
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#170
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All I can get
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According to Capfriendly as of now, 16 teams have invited PTO players to their camps. The Flames are hardly an outlier.
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09-13-2023, 01:14 PM
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#172
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Franchise Player
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I still think that Derek Stepan and Paul Stasny could be a decent PTO option for a lot of teams.
Parise, both Ritchies, and even Leivo might work as the 13th forward on most teams.
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09-14-2023, 08:31 AM
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#173
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Report that Brett Ritchie is getting a PTO with the Panthers:
https://floridahockeynow.com/nhl-tra...te-pittsburgh/
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09-14-2023, 08:37 AM
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#174
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
It's been pretty clear that the Flames plan for this season is
1. hope that prospects can crack the team and become impact players
2. hope that key players bounce back.
I am glad that they aren't trying to sign PTOs but I am also skeptical that we see different results from last season.
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They will have to get a bunch of entry level salaries on the team if they hope to be able to sign any of their UFAs.
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09-14-2023, 08:52 AM
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#175
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Goriders
They will have to get a bunch of entry level salaries on the team if they hope to be able to sign any of their UFAs.
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Hows that?
IF they dont make a single change to things this season, they will have $35+M
to sign whomever they choose next summer.
Obviously they cant bring em all back, nor do i think there is an appetite for that.
But to say they have to get "a bunch of entry level salaries" to bring 3 or 4 of them back is just hyperbole.
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09-14-2023, 09:06 AM
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#176
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Flames shootout great Nick Ritchie gets a PTO with the Blues.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1702336434466943309
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09-14-2023, 10:32 AM
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#177
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Originally Posted by sureLoss
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LMAO...why does this happen every year with Florida and ex-Flames? Whether I like the player or not, there is always an ex-Flame that I'm forced to cheer for again. It's nuts.
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09-14-2023, 10:38 AM
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#178
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Van Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
LMAO...why does this happen every year with Florida and ex-Flames? Whether I like the player or not, there is always an ex-Flame that I'm forced to cheer for again. It's nuts.
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Vancouver feeds us
We feed Florida
Who does Florida feed?
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09-14-2023, 10:44 AM
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#179
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMike
Vancouver feeds us
We feed Florida
Who does Florida feed?
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Vegas
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09-14-2023, 10:48 AM
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#180
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMike
Vancouver feeds us
We feed Florida
Who does Florida feed?
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Florida feeds the Alumni, just the way it should be.
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