03-03-2023, 01:31 PM
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And if Nick can replace what Looch does then it means they won't have to re-sign the big guy. No one will fight Looch anyways because they don't want to get beat up so hopefully he can retire and take a role with the team behind the scenes.
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03-03-2023, 01:31 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
What does it matter. They are both free agents after this year. Makes the team a little better at zero cost and MacKay probably wanted out so he could get a chance to play.
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Matters a heck of a lot in a great draft class. Getting marginally better does a whole bunch of nothing for us at this point.
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03-03-2023, 01:31 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
Incremental gains.
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With no cost really. It’s like losing a dime and finding a quarter
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03-03-2023, 01:31 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Remember when a bunch of people wanted the Flames to draft Ritchie if Reinhart, Bennett, and Ekblad were all taken before the the Flames pick in 2014?
Good times.
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Always looking to save money, the Coyotes will make Brett wear Nick's old gear.
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03-03-2023, 01:31 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Uranus
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Maybe 4 weeks ago when it could have bared fruit this would have been somewhat digestible. Now it just seems completely misguided as none of the players coming in are even remotely good enough to move the needle in terms of what this team needs.
Why even bother adding elements like this now when you're effectively all but eliminated? A move just to say you made a move? Or is it just to take the heat off of the fact the front office isn't bold enough to sell someone?
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03-03-2023, 01:32 PM
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Nick and Stetcher earn $4.65M this year, or about $1.2M the rest of the season
Brett and Mackey cost $1.5M this season, or about $400k the rest of the way
ARI saves close to $1M in actual cash.
Flames take advantage of that and improve
Many fans freak out
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03-03-2023, 01:32 PM
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don't know if the cap would have allowed for it, but this would have been a good trade to have made 3 months ago; nothing wrong with the trade, but likely too late to have an impact
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03-03-2023, 01:33 PM
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#208
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Don't hate Stecher on the Flames. Ritchie for Ritchie is odd.
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03-03-2023, 01:33 PM
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#209
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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
Matters a heck of a lot in a great draft class. Getting marginally better does a whole bunch of nothing for us at this point.
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the only way it impacts the draft in a meaningful way is if these guys make them quite a bit better. DO you think that will happen?
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03-03-2023, 01:33 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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So, we basically just added cap for no real gain. Nice.
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03-03-2023, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Canada 02
don't know if the cap would have allowed for it, but this would have been a good trade to have made 3 months ago; nothing wrong with the trade, but likely too late to have an impact
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At that time, I’m sure the flames had their eyes on bigger fish, if the record was different.
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03-03-2023, 01:35 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Dallas
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The loser of the deal is Dennis Gilbert and maybe Walker Duehr
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03-03-2023, 01:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InhOGtWe7wg
Stetcher setting up Mangi in OT vs Russia.
Won't play embedded.
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03-03-2023, 01:36 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Cleveland, OH (Grew up in Calgary)
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The Flames really traded one brother for another brother…..that’s hilarious 
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03-03-2023, 01:36 PM
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Flames take advantage of that and improve
Many fans freak out
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From two spots out of a playoff to possibly one. That's how you win, here comes the champagne for that enviable "too good to draft good and too bad to succeed" glory.
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03-03-2023, 01:36 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
the only way it impacts the draft in a meaningful way is if these guys make them quite a bit better. DO you think that will happen?
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I'll say this will stop the free fall and let them tread water for the rest of the year. Kinda sucks that Tree didn't take away Sutter 4th line toys. Thats all I got for negativity.
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03-03-2023, 01:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
the only way it impacts the draft in a meaningful way is if these guys make them quite a bit better. DO you think that will happen?
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I think they could be responsible for a +3-ish point swing in the standings relative to the roster yesterday, given how many one goal games we play.
Which could well be the difference between 8-9thth place and 12-13th in the reverse standings given how tight they are.
And a team in the top ten has a shot at Bedard. A team outside of it does not.
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03-03-2023, 01:37 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
So, we basically just added cap for no real gain. Nice.
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We went from 5 nhl d-men to 6
And nick Ritchie could potentially score some goals for us
It's barely nudges the needle but gains could be had
I like this better than BT's usual fringe tinkering
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03-03-2023, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Nick and Stetcher earn $4.65M this year, or about $1.2M the rest of the season
Brett and Mackey cost $1.5M this season, or about $400k the rest of the way
ARI saves close to $1M in actual cash.
Flames take advantage of that and improve
Many fans freak out
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I don't think it's a move worth freaking out over but it's more... just why?
I agree, the Flames legitimately improved after this trade.
But this is a lost season. I don't think any team sitting 5 points out at the TDL (and worse if you considers points %) has ever made the playoffs in that same year.
Just lose.
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03-03-2023, 01:37 PM
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All I can get
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Good deal. Treliving is a wizard.
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