[News] Flames release Ryan Wilson from PTO

[druetetective]

Yeah he's probally better than Ferance as #7. I'd take Gryba/Reinhart over him though.

Anyways I don't think It's Edmonton's bottom guys that are hurting them. The lack of a # 1,2,4 guy is their problem.

[druetetective]

dp.

[Calgary4LIfe]

I do think that Wilson gets picked up somewhere. Just everything you want in a bottom pairing defencemen I think, especially for teams that want a bit of a veteran presence as well. Good luck to him. Would be had for cheap as well for teams with cap issues but wanting more depth. Not a whole lot of decent free guys out there left - at least none that spring to mind.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

I kind of think Granlund has earned a top 12 spot. Has he outplayed the majority of Flame forwards this preseason? I think he has.

I know what you mean but I'm not sure the goalie situation resolves itself. Barring an injury, BT needs to make a move. Three goalies is a big problem and there is no good way to give them each enough PT to work it out. I honestly expected Ortio sent down by now.

I watched 5 of the preseason games, 4 live. I don't think Granlund significantly outplayed many of the Flames forwards. I think he outperformed Raymond and Byron and Shore but he's still very much a bubble guy to me. Stuck behind Monahan, Bennett, Backlund and Stajan. And his face offs aren't good enough yet for a full time centre role. I think he can easily play with us but I don't think he significantly outplayed any of our top 4 centres. So he's an extra forward or down to Stockton.

[dustygoon]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Has he played well enough to get a top 12 spot? If not he should be going back to Stockton for the ice time, not being the healthy scratch most games.

Cool litmus test. So did Stajan play well enough to get a top 12 spot? And I'm a fan of Stajan by the way.

[kyuss275]

Originally Posted by dustygoon

Cool litmus test. So did Stajan play well enough to get a top 12 spot? And I'm a fan of Stajan by the way.

Yes he did. He had a great pre-season. Flames are deep at center ( odd to write that). In my opinion with the pre-season he had, he would have been top 9 on some teams.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by druetetective

Yeah he's probally better than Ferance as #7. I'd take Gryba/Reinhart over him though.

Anyways I don't think It's Edmonton's bottom guys that are hurting them. The lack of a # 1,2,4 guy is their problem.

Gryba is brutal in every way, he's a brick on skates. And Reinhart is probably going to get murdered in the West by high speed forwards making him turn.

[druetetective]

Lets not kid ourselves Gryba/Reinhart is at least on par with Kulak/Engelland

Obviously when Brodie comes back our bottom pair will be significantly better though.

[druetetective]

After watching some Reinhart videos I take that back. I'll take Kulak over him easily.

That trade is going to haunt the Oilers for years.