[GDT] Free Agent Frenzy! Begins Sunday, July 1 at 10:00 AM Mountain on TSN/SN/TVA/NHLN

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Originally Posted by sureLoss

Flames make the 3 signings official (Czarnik, Prout, Ryan)

https://t.co/qXyDSmLL3m

Guessing that means they're done today for signings.

Fingers crossed on a trade still. ROR!!

[sureLoss]

Now there is the agent based update on Neal I was looking for;

Kevin Weekes @KevinWeekes
James Neal is an attractive piece for a team looking for scoring,bite, 2 Cup Final Appearances,and experience. He’s looking for a 6yr Term. I’ve spoken to 3 teams with interest in him. @NHL @NHLNetwork .

[Canada 02]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

I'll be back in an hour or two, it's my dad's birthday and about to take in a movie

Thank's Tij. Say high to Jarome

[Heavy Jack]

6 years??? Yeesh I dunno

[AC]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1013491429140848640

ROR still trade eligible for cheaper before his bonus gets paid by BUF. Speculation is once that signing bonus gets paid, his price goes up.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by AC

https://twitter.com/user/status/1013491429140848640

ROR still trade eligible for cheaper before his bonus gets paid by BUF. Speculation is once that signing bonus gets paid, his price goes up.

c'mon Tree!

[Heavy Jack]

I pay the supposed asking price of a 1st + 2nd + prospect if I’m Treliving... that’s great value and helps our current core.

Probably the last time we have to mortgage the future too with the core locked up for a long while.

[Roof-Daddy]

I could see San Jose swooping in on ROR now that they lost Tavares.

Get him Tre

[JurassicTunga12]

Trade for ROR, sign Maroon, lose Brouwer

Bing bang boom.

[bluejays]

He's looking for a 6 year deal? Unless it's AAV is $5M, stay away!

[GoJetsGo]

Huge noooo to 6 years for Neal.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by Heavy Jack

I pay the supposed asking price of a 1st + 2nd + prospect if I’m Treliving... that’s great value and helps our current core.

Probably the last time we have to mortgage the future too with the core locked up for a long while.

This.

Gaudreau
Monahan
O'Reilly
Backlund
Lindholm (RFA)
Tkachuk (ELC)

6 key forwards all locked up for 4 seasons minimum with 4 of them being able to play center and none of them make even as much as Draisaitl in EDM.

You can build around that easily for years.

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by Heavy Jack

6 years??? Yeesh I dunno

Yea, that's too long. I'd take him for 4.

[Spinach]

Originally Posted by fleury

So far the Tavares deal is the only one I've seen that isn't an overpayment (either in dollar value or term).

That remains to be seen. An $11 M cap hit still takes up roughly 15% of their cap space. Tavares may fade by the end of that contract, and that deal will surely make it harder to keep all of Matthews, Marner, Nylander and all of the leafs' other future superstar RFA's like the great Andreas Johnson or Garret Sparks.

[Mike F]

Really enjoying Ferraro ripping the Canucks a new one for their FA signings today!

[djsFlames]

Get ROR now.
That's the piece that will push us the extra bit we need.

[Flash Walken]

At this point the flames need to shoot for the moon.

move bennett/brodie/1st, whatever it really takes to get O'reilly.

Load this sucker up to go for it and deal with the consequences later.

[JurassicTunga12]

Thinking about acquiring ROR, signing Maroon and moving Brouwer somehow.

Johnny Gaudreau - Sean Monahan - Matthew Tkachuk
Patrick Maroon - Ryan O'Reilly - Elias Lindholm
Mark Jankowski - Mikael Backlund - Michael Frolik
Curtis Lazar/Foo - Derek Ryan - Austin Czarnik

Thinking Bennett would be included(or replace Jankowski with Bennett if Janko goes)

[Heavy Jack]

Originally Posted by driveway

I have no interest in trading a 1st and a 2nd for O’Reilly. We dodged that bullet once, let’s not hurl ourselves in front of it again.

Say they wanted a center back and asked for Jankowski to go along with the 19 1st / 20 2nd

For the Center depth alone I do that deal.

Gaudreau - Monahan - Tkachuk
Maroon - O’Rielly - Lindholm
Bennett - Backlund - Czarnik
Mangiapane - Ryan - Frolik
Foo, Lazar, Brouwer

That is just incredible depth throughout.

[RichKlit]

Based on nothing other than a nagging persistent gut feeling, I still think the Flames are working on something big.