[News] Berra, Stalock, Bourque, Brown, Warsofsky, Cracknell, Rinaldo, Pardy on waivers

[Robo]

Man we have had some bad players on this team, that list is like a walk down memory lane of frustration

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by Lanny'sDaMan

You gotta think Brad puts in a claim on Stalock no?

No Stalock, he bad!

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Its quite amazing - a few months ago Berra strung together a series of strong performances and there were some media anointing him a steal of a trade for the Avalanche.

Now he is on the waiver wire.

peeps here who said we lost that trade can have him now

[Stud_McCool]

Stalock would still be an improvement over Hiller.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by Lanny'sDaMan

You gotta think Brad puts in a claim on Stalock no?

Why? What would be the purpose?

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by mrdonkey

Easy there. That pick was used on Hunter Smith who is still a long shot to even have an NHL career.

I think the point is that we could pick him up now and have both Berra and have used the 2nd rounder while Colorado has neither.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by mrdonkey

Easy there. That pick was used on Hunter Smith who is still a long shot to even have an NHL career.

But trading Berra for a 2nd is an amazing trade regardless of who we use the pick on. A 2nd is a very valuable commodity. Berra is available for free right now.

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by Stud_McCool

Stalock would still be an improvement over Hiller.

Not so sure - Stalock has a few seasons of sub .900 SV%. Yikes!

Also, if he were better a team could get him cheap instead of Hiller which would mean no spot for Stalock. If you are thinking Stalock for next season, BT can worry about a FT starter and backup in the offseason once Ortio's try out is done.

Also, Hiller is a known playoff choker, almost impossible to move to a contender IMO.

[The Original FFIV]

Would bring up poulin to see what we have vs claiming Stalock. If anything claim Stalock to give the heat some g help

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

I think the point is that we could pick him up now and have both Berra and have used the 2nd rounder while Colorado has neither.

Exactly. Also, people need to have patience with Hunter.

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by The Original FFIV

Would bring up poulin to see what we have vs claiming Stalock. If anything claim Stalock to give the heat some g help

Yeah, that's more like it.

I wonder what Flames have in Poulin, he has shown flashes of brilliance.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Claim all the former Flames!

[Gaudfather]

Shocker - Bourque on waivers. My only question is - what took so long?

[neo45]

Not that I think we will claim any of them, but Berra makes a little bit on sense given our situation heading into next year and I think he is capable of being a solid backup

[ah123]

Originally Posted by neo45

Not that I think we will claim any of them, but Berra makes a little bit on sense given our situation heading into next year and I think he is capable of being a solid backup

No thanks. Berra is signed for two more years IIRC

[Gaudfather]

Originally Posted by neo45

Not that I think we will claim any of them, but Berra makes a little bit on sense given our situation heading into next year and I think he is capable of being a solid backup

Pass, pass, pass. I have seen enough mediocre goalies in a Flames uniform these last five years to last me a lifetime!

[Drury18]

I wouldn't mind picking up Berra again as he did well (as does Ortio) under Sigalet.

Berra has been so misused and treated like garbage under Roy that I'm sure he's the happiest right now to be on waivers. Pickard is Roy's golden boy and Berra could have shutout out a team every game this year and still managed to lose his job. He played great earlier when Varlamov went down and played great during his AHL stint. He is a decent goalie, still very teachable and now coming into form with the North America style of game. In the correct situation, I think he ends up a solid backup, maybe a 1B type of guy.

[dammage79]

That would drive Hartley nuts I think. Berra/Ortio next year? Free falling for Svechnikov!

[powderjunkie]

$1.45M for one more year on Berra. Would you trade a 7th rounder (or more ideally a very weak prospect) to Col if they retained ~$300k? Would mean there is virtually no penalty for us to bury him, and Col saves a bit compared to burying themselves.

We need to add two NHL goalies next year, and this might at least give us leverage so we don't have to rush and sign a bad deal.

Ward, Reimer, Scrivens or Enroth...I think at least one of them will find themselves without a dance partner on July 10th (and at worst Montoya, Khudobin, Lindback, Raanta, etc.).

Reimer is the only one that has a chance to be a long term solution if we want to contend, but I think the answer probably lies elsewhere. I definitely don't want to go down a 5x5 route for him. I'd rather go into next season with $3-4M payroll for two below average goalies (always a chance that someone will go Dubnyk/Bobrovsky/Smith for you). A cheap, competent backup is probably going to be necessary to pluck a soon-to-be expensive 1B from another team (of course, that needs to wait until a certain date before you can trade a new UFA).

Another spitballing idea, but Berra + Wideman for Lehtonen? We could even go crazy capology on it and retain 50% of Wideman if they retain 25% of Lehtonen or something. Gives them more room in the short term and makes the Lehtonen contract suck less for us in it's last year.

I don't think KL will lead us to the promised land, but he'd plug the hole better than any other foreseeable option.

[heep223]

All I know is that I don't think I could handle another year of terrible goaltending. Please fix this.