10-16-2015, 06:24 AM
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#41
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary
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Bennett on the wing is perfectly fine for this season. He is still undersized and could use another 10 pounds. He isn't very good in the faceoff dot and is not yet good defensively. Let him adapt to playing in the NHL first and he can transition next year.
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10-16-2015, 06:51 AM
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#42
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Montréal, QC
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Originally Posted by 442scotty
I think Granlund gets one more good crack at making the team and if he doesn't blow the boss away he's done and they move on. He's a smaller guy who plays small IMO so he needs to be a scorer or setup guy... If not then move on... Better options coming on the farm... Time waits for no one
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I don't agree with that at all. Of all the prospects in our system, Granlund is the most proven at the NHL level as a scorer. He played really well and put up points last year between Hudler and Gaudreau while lots of other guys were injured. Our other prospects with top 6 upside such as Poirier haven't shown any scoring touch at the NHL level yet so I don't think anyone has passed Granlund just yet. Like you, I hope he has a good showing and proves he belongs on this team, but I'm not ready to write him off if that doesn't happen. Until another prospect proves they can do more than him in the NHL then this spot is his.
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10-16-2015, 07:00 AM
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#43
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Montréal, QC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 442scotty
I think Granlund gets one more good crack at making the team and if he doesn't blow the boss away he's done and they move on. He's a smaller guy who plays small IMO so he needs to be a scorer or setup guy... If not then move on... Better options coming on the farm... Time waits for no one
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An who would you say are the better options on the farm? Poirier? Like I mentioned in my other post, he hasn't shown he belongs in the NHL yet. Arnold? 1 meaningless NHL game at the end of the season before last. Klimchuk who just graduated from junior? After that you start getting into guys with third line upside at best. Don't get me wrong, I hope these guys all make it at some point and prove they're good enough to be flames for years to come, but I don't see how this could possibly be Granlund's last chance with the big club.
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10-16-2015, 07:06 AM
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#44
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 442scotty
I think Granlund gets one more good crack at making the team and if he doesn't blow the boss away he's done and they move on. He's a smaller guy who plays small IMO so he needs to be a scorer or setup guy... If not then move on... Better options coming on the farm... Time waits for no one
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He's the first call up for a reason and that's because the organization views him as the best player not on the roster. He's 22 years old and the best player on their AHL roster and you already think it's time to move on from him? Weird.
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10-16-2015, 08:34 AM
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#45
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Like I said before... I hope I'm wrong about Granlund because I used to be a big fan... The fact that he is the first callup is a big meh to me... The other guys are coming but aren't close to being ready... If he is the best we have available on the farm that's a worry but they are all young and I'm old and impatient  It would be nice to see a couple of other guys on the farm take a step this year and push Granny aside not to mention a couple of other current roster flames...
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10-16-2015, 09:27 AM
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#46
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
He's the first call up for a reason and that's because the organization views him as the best player not on the roster. He's 22 years old and the best player on their AHL roster and you already think it's time to move on from him? Weird.
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Not that he's not the best player in Stockton and therefore deserves the call-up on merit alone, but another potential reason he's the first call up is that he can move up and down freely, unlike Shore and Grant. In fact, for that reason, you might see Arnold or Hathaway before Shore or Grant.
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10-20-2015, 12:45 PM
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#47
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
#Flames assign Granlund to Stockton.
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10-20-2015, 12:46 PM
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#48
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#FreeGranlund
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10-20-2015, 01:00 PM
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#49
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Colborne back, hopefully this means Smid and/or Brodie are also close. All hands on deck.
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10-20-2015, 01:13 PM
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#50
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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/sigh.
Treliving need to clean some of this up.
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10-20-2015, 01:23 PM
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#51
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Flames fan in Seattle
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Yeah he didn't get much of a chance in that game, what 7 minutes of ice time with Bollig or something?
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10-20-2015, 01:32 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Gibsons BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
Colborne back, hopefully this means Smid and/or Brodie are also close. All hands on deck.
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Why would this have any correlation whatsoever
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10-20-2015, 01:33 PM
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#53
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FBI
Yeah he didn't get much of a chance in that game, what 7 minutes of ice time with Bollig or something?
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He looked really bad on one goal - I forget which - the 3rd or 4th. But he had one of the best preseasons of the Flames IMO.
The trouble is he's not dangerous enough to be a big offensive threat, and while his position is sound enough defensively, he's too light and not good enough in the dot to be a really good defender.
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10-20-2015, 01:34 PM
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#54
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Originally Posted by erikk3
Why would this have any correlation whatsoever
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Because adding Colborne to the roster and subtracting Granlund still leaves us at 22 players. Room for one more. Like I said, hopefully it means someone else is healthy enough to play soon. It may not mean anything, of course.
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