[Signing] Flames sign Trevor Lewis (1 year, $800K)

[agulati]

He is already 34? Time flies fast

[1qqaaz]

He produces slightly less than what you'd want from a 4th liner. Turns 35 this year.
But I'm sure Sutter will get the most out of him.

[stemit14]

I’m assuming this takes the flames out of the running to unite the Ritchie brothers.


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[Azhouse]

Originally Posted by AC

Obviously he's a defence-first player but still some highlights at least.

Someone who occupies the area in front of the net? A novel idea for this team.

[mrdonkey]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

Must be exhausting being negative about absolutely everything.

What part of that statement is wrong or even negative? The Flames being short on offensive skill without a big shakeup is an obvious truth that I think almost everyone can agree with. Chill out, my guy.

[bax]

Flames bottom six is going to get scored in less. This is good.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

Between him and Pitlick, and apparently letting Derek Ryan Go, our fourth line is probably not going to be very good offensively.

Yeah, going to have a hell of a time replacing Ryan's 23 points and the.... wait.. 16 points the other 5 guys who played on the 4th line scored (combined)?

That can't be right.

Pitlick and Lewis combined scored more than 50% of the points scored by Ryan, Leivo, Simon, Nordstrom, Robinson, and Rinaldo combined.

I'm sure we'll manage.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by handgroen

Something is going to happen here, we have too many bodies. Trades incoming me thinks.

We do? I think we're one short. We've got 12, including RFA Dube. That leaves Froese and Gawdin in the minors where they should be. Unless the 13th forward is Ruzicka? These bottom six signings speak to the felling of the team about our young players and the potential to crack the team. Not much help on the farm.

[Dajazz]

Flames getting truculent again?

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Wow. This team looks a lot harder to play against.

Considering we had buttersoftest team in league history the past few years, that wasn't so hard...

[Strange Brew]

This works for me.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Dajazz

Flames getting truculent again?

Build the team around the coaching style rather than bring a coach who knows how to use the talent on the roster. It's always been the Flames' way. Make the most of it, enjoy mind-numbingly boring 1 goal games, and hope we can sneak into the playoffs where these guys shine.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Yeah, going to have a hell of a time replacing Ryan's 23 points and the.... wait.. 16 points the other 5 guys who played on the 4th line scored (combined)?

That can't be right.

Pitlick and Lewis combined scored more than 50% of the points scored by Ryan, Leivo, Simon, Nordstrom, Robinson, and Rinaldo combined.

I'm sure we'll manage.

Outside of Ryan, our forward depth was not remotely good offensively last year. It sort of contributed to us missing the playoffs. We didn't manage last year.

Without Ryan, who actually produced at one of the more productive rates in the league, it'll probably be just as bad.

I'm hopeful guys like Ruzicka, Phillips, Pelletier, Zary are given an opportunity ahead of a guy like Trevor Lewis. That's all.

[1qqaaz]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Wow. This team looks a lot harder to play against.

If this is true, it's something to look forward to.
Even if it's just from an entertainment or team identity standpoint, at least there's a direction.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

We do? I think we're one short. We've got 12, including RFA Dube. That leaves Froese and Gawdin in the minors where they should be. Unless the 13th forward is Ruzicka? These bottom six signings speak to the felling of the team about our young players and the potential to crack the team. Not much help on the farm.

We don’t leave room for prospects, not the Calgary way

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

Build the team around the coaching style rather than bring a coach who knows how to use the talent on the roster. It's always been the Flames' way. Make the most of it, enjoy mind-numbingly boring 1 goal games, and hope we can sneak into the playoffs where these guys shine.

I don’t find smash mouth hockey boring. Plus, Sutter doesn’t mind his offensive guys scoring. He went out and got Shein Donovan off the bat, a guy who loved to race up the ice. He acquired Cammi, Tanguay, Jokinen, Huselius, etc.

[Calgary4LIfe]

I don't mind it. If it doesn't work out, he is buried, or just sits as the 13th forward. He is an upgrade on Ronaldo, no? I don't even mind Ronaldo either (as long as he doesn't play every game!).


Lucic - Lewis - Ritchie


That's a nightmare to play against, no? Lewis and Ritchie can both skate really well and move well. Lucic is actually really fast on the forecheck - once he gets moving, Lucic is actually really fast out there still, just isn't very agile, but he is smart and is very good defensively.


This should give opponents nightmares to play against. Not bad. Very traditional 4th line.

[868904]

Originally Posted by edslunch

We don’t leave room for prospects, not the Calgary way

What prospects? No one is ready?

This legitimately only affects Gawdin and I could see Lewis mentoring him and splitting the games as Lewis is 34 and probably needs more rest.

I can see Darryl telling Lewis "I want you to be our number 1 penalty killer and I want you to mentor this kid Gawdin, he fits your profile to a T"

[Parallex]

Meh. Lucic-Pitlick-Lewis won't score much but they also won't get scored on much, you can trust them to take a defensive zone faceoff. It's fine.

[TOfan]

Originally Posted by edslunch

We don’t leave room for prospects, not the Calgary way

Mangiapane, Dube, Vamimaki, Anderson, Tkachuk, and there are more depending how far back you want to go.

Not too sure if you’re serious, but the Flames have made spots available to prospects over the recent past.