This is a rebuild

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL

Tij Iginla - Gavin McKenna - Joe Iginla

Gonna be a sexy Flames era

FYI Gavin McKenna is a winger

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Landon Dupont on D

And Cale Makar will come home

[1qqaaz]

I'm a tad concerned about Markstrom's performance if they plan on trading him. He's now 87.8% in the four games without Tanev.

[DylanScores]

Cale Makar will come home when the new arena opens!

[Macho0978]

Originally Posted by 1qqaaz

I'm a tad concerned about Markstrom's performance if they plan on trading him. He's now 87.8% in the four games without Tanev.

That save percent is worse than any of the Devils new goalies

[Press Level]

Rebuild, retool, refresh, who cares what word they use? It is what it is. At least this time they had to trade the core before it completely aged out.

[Macho0978]

Originally Posted by Press Level

Rebuild, retool, refresh, who cares what word they use? It is what it is. At least this time they had to trade the core before it completely aged out.

It makes a difference. Last so called rebuild had us picking up Hudler and Wideman way too early in the rebuild. That was a retool.

This summer will tell us alot

[Calgary4LIfe]

Flames are unquestionably in a rebuild, though they really try not to state it as such. At least we can definitively close the book on the whole 'this organization will never rebuild'. I do wish they had started the rebuild a few seasons earlier, but they really didn't start it too late like they did back in 2013 when there were barely any assets left to trade.


I assume this team will bottom-out next season. They should probably still get a fairly high pick this season.



A lot of the scouting staff was still around from the last rebuild, as was Conroy. Hopefully they have really analyzed the good things that they had done in the past, as well as the things that they did poorly. The staff has grown since then as well. The scouting program is probably the biggest organizational strength, and now they are fully leveraging it. This is what I have been wanting for a couple of seasons now.


This will be exciting. There was nothing more boring to watch then the team last season. This season is better. Next season they will win less, but they will also be more entertaining I bet.



I am very excited for this. Let's see how they come out of this. Please no early 'compete now' trades like the Hamonic trade that we saw. Stay the course and draft that core.

[The Cobra]

When you say they have the assets to secure Iginla, it takes a team willing to give him up to make that happen.

If he truly is the answer to our problems, presumably teams would be reluctant to give that up.

Much like trading Markstrom for Mercer, our much needed centre.

[1qqaaz]

I don't think it's fair to expect an 18 year old drafted outside the top 10 to be the "answer to our problems". Especially a winger.

Now if the Flames won the lottery...

[TheScorpion]

I strongly suspect the Flames will end up back in the top 10 by the end of the season. They have one of the weaker rosters in the league, especially on defence, and a very tough schedule coming up.

[Geeoff]

Originally Posted by The Cobra

When you say they have the assets to secure Iginla, it takes a team willing to give him up to make that happen.

If he truly is the answer to our problems, presumably teams would be reluctant to give that up.

Much like trading Markstrom for Mercer, our much needed centre.

unfortunately, I think this team is going to be bad for a while and we will have to acquire many answers to many problems

[Macho0978]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

I strongly suspect the Flames will end up back in the top 10 by the end of the season. They have one of the weaker rosters in the league, especially on defence, and a very tough schedule coming up.

A lot of the teams around 63 to 67 points did not sell like the Flames did. I think we pick around 8 to 11

[Finger Cookin]

Originally Posted by BurningSteel

Young Guns Two Point Oh.

Young Guns Two Point Oh No

[Hackey]

Originally Posted by Macho0978

I think this has been Conroy's plan from day 1. I think when he has attempted to sign players he has set a bar lower than the player is willing to accept and using that as an excuse to rebuild when the player says no. 0 budge it seems in contract talks too, sign he never really wanted to sign any of them.

Weren't there rumors they offered Lindholm 8 x $9M? That would have been an overpayment and a disaster of a contract. We should all be extremely thankful he turned that down.

They definitely made rebuilding moves this year which was good to see. But these moves were forced on them so I still don't know what their commitment level to an actual rebuild is.

They need to bottom out for a few years and hope they hit a couple elite players with those picks. These curremt moves and future UFA moves hopefully create depth, but relying on these moves to build your core is unlikely.

[Chingas]

Originally Posted by Ferarri

Be nice or John Bean will yell at you.

Yah screw that guy. Arrogance in excess.

[FanIn80]

John Bean: "Don't call it a rebuild. "

Craig Conroy: "...but the next three years will be nothin but tears, puttin prospects in fear while their peers reign on 'em like a monsoon..."

[Kidder]

Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL

Tij Iginla - Gavin McKenna - Joe Iginla

Gonna be a sexy Flames era

What’s the only thing better than one Iginla?

Two Iginlas!

[FlameFan21]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Two Words: Young Guns

Young Guns 2: Electric Boogaloo

[Mightyfire89]

Ten years from now I do believe this period of time will be looked at as when Craig Conroy righted the ship for this franchise.

He has 100% confidence from me.