[News] Flames name Giordano Captain

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by Goodlad

https://twitter.com/twolinepass/stat...73119764811776

Ryan Lambert
@twolinepass
"the flames naming giordano captain is poor asset management. shoulda traded him"

That might be the stupidest thing I've heard about the Flames situation this year. He's not even 30 yet and is the best all around defender on a team with little to no defense. No prospect defenseman is ready for prime time yet. Was there any analysis to this comment whatsoever?

And who the heck is Ryan Lambert anyway?

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan

And who the heck is Ryan Lambert anyway?

Just some #######.

[Wolven]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

I doubt Stempniak or Stajan could garner a 2nd round pick in return. I do think Cammi get a 1st and the flames need an extra 1st..

First off, if Moore can be traded for a 2nd rounder and Regehr can be traded for 2 then Stempniak and Stajan should each be able to get one in return (if not more). 2nd round picks for top 9 forwards is really not a huge payment.

Second, the Flames do not *need* an extra 1st rounder. As long as we keep ours and it lands in the top 3 we will be laughing. If we end up with another one on top of that it would really just be a bonus for the rebuild.

Nice to have, not required to have.

Originally Posted by kyuss275

I think Cammi's re-sign comments was more "lip" service than anything, so he would not to rock the boat. When the Flames are out of it by December, i have a hard time believing that he will want to stay and go through that for another year or 2.

The only thing surprising about Gio being named Captain, was that they did not make him wear the new 3rd uniform when accepting the honour.

You could be right. Cammi could have just been saying the right things because that is what a professional should say. However, if getting married gets him into the mindset of nesting, then I wouldn't be surprised if he just decides to stay in Calgary (likely for more money than he could get signing with a contender). He could try to sign a 5 year deal with a NMC and hope that in 3 years he is on a contending team that he helped to build.

/shrug

[Enoch Root]

^ it is a really stupid comment, but I think Lambert is going for the media-response angle here - get conversation going.

[Goodlad]

Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan

Ryan Lambert
@twolinepass
"the flames naming giordano captain is poor asset management. shoulda traded him"

That might be the stupidest thing I've heard about the Flames situation this year. He's not even 30 yet and is the best all around defender on a team with little to no defense. No prospect defenseman is ready for prime time yet. Was there any analysis to this comment whatsoever?

And who the heck is Ryan Lambert anyway?

One of the bloggers for Flames Nation. I can't tell if this is tongue-in-cheek or not, but I'm hoping it is.

[JD]

Just because, as outsiders looking in, we believe the Flames will suck, that a guy like Cammalleri believes the same. His mindset going into the season should be an expectation of winning. All the players on the team should feel the same way. If they don't, trade them to the Oilers where that kind of thing is ingrained into the culture.

[Pontine]

Not surprising, good luck to Gio .

[theoforever]

Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan

Ryan Lambert
@twolinepass
"the flames naming giordano captain is poor asset management. shoulda traded him"

That might be the stupidest thing I've heard about the Flames situation this year. He's not even 30 yet and is the best all around defender on a team with little to no defense. No prospect defenseman is ready for prime time yet. Was there any analysis to this comment whatsoever?

And who the heck is Ryan Lambert anyway?

He is the worst writer on FN by a long mile. Truly a monumental idiot.
The only article he has written that is not 100% idiotic just happened a couple of days ago.

His hatred of Feaster and Flames management has no boundaries.

[Azure]

Not sure why people think we need to trade away every single player that can garner a draft pick just because we're rebuilding.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by theoforever

He is the worst writer on FN by a long mile. Truly a monumental idiot.
The only article he has written that is not 100% idiotic just happened a couple of days ago.

His hatred of Feaster and Flames management has no boundaries.

Any writer that says; "shoulda", instead of; "should have", has no business being a writer.

[heep223]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

The only thing surprising about Gio being named Captain, was that they did not make him wear the new 3rd uniform when accepting the honour.

+1, surprised as well. Maybe it's so hideous that they're redesigning it.

[hesh329]

Originally Posted by Azure

Not sure why people think we need to trade away every single player that can garner a draft pick just because we're rebuilding.

"You remember that time I was supposed to get that boat? A BOAT'S A BOAT, but the mystery box could be anything. IT COULD EVEN BE A BOAT. You know how much we wanted one of those."

It is amazing how many"experts" think this way. Burke was right when people asked if he would rebuild the same way Pittsburgh did.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Get ready to be really shocked.

And yes this team is as bad as most "pundits" make it out to be. Your list of players except Cammi are all 2b/3a players. The 3 D-men you mentioned are all 2nd pairing guys.

Yep. We have 1 first line NHL forward, and on a contender I'm pretty sure he's on the 2nd line.

I'm predicting Brodie becomes a true top pairing D this year, but he remains unproven. The rest of the D is made up of depth players.

The goaltending is a mystery.

27th at BEST seems reasonable to me. But this year really isn't about the standings, it's about players seizing opportunities and developing as NHL players. And we get a shiny Ekblad/Reinhart at the end.

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Originally Posted by Voodooman

Meh. Given the current state of the Flames, there are no other real viable options, but when you look at many other captains around the league, I don't put Gio into that category. Not an elite player, or the kind of guy who puts a team on his back.

Not saying he's a bad player, just mostly average. Nothing about him really stands out for me.

Yes. Because Horcoff was that type of player.

[Ashasx]

Ehh, I think this team will surprise in that we aren't as bad as teams like Florida.

I think we continue the trend of never picking top 5. We'll finish at 5, and the team at 6 will win the lottery.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by polak

I was hoping Backlund would get an A

Maybe if he steps up this year and Cammy gets traded at the deadline.

[Hockeyboi]

Maybe now he's in a leadership role it will give him the boost to up his game to the next level. I think he will do fine. Bring on the season now!

[stemit14]

There are going to be alot of teams underestimating the flames this year and they may make the flames surprise a few team at least at the start of the year. Look what happened with Columbus and Montreal this year or Ottawa last year.

[SofaProfessor]

Originally Posted by stemit14

There are going to be alot of teams underestimating the flames this year and they may make the flames surprise a few team at least at the start of the year. Look what happened with Columbus and Montreal this year or Ottawa last year.

One common theme among all those teams you mentioned as examples are that they had pretty solid goaltending. Carey Price has his weak games but he can also steal a few. Bobrovsky and Anderson were lights out and when Anderson was out the backups in Ottawa stepped up big time. I don't think Berra, Ramo or MacDonald are going to be an Anderson or Bobrovsky this year. I'm ready to be pleasantly surprised, though.

[Displaced Flames fan]

This is the correct choice.