Building the Defense

[stemit14]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Other than Sven and Gaudreau they would want a 1st included with anybody else on that list. I presume that the tade would happen at the draft so Cammi and Stajan would already be gone.

Agreed. Plus the islanders need griffin Reinhart just as much as the flames do now that they lost Streit.

[ricardodw]

Cody Franson is 6-5 213 and had 124 hits in 45 games last year. He had 29 pts in the regular season and 6 pts in 7 playoff games.

Jackman lead the Flames in hits with 98... Gio was our big hitting D-man with 68.

Bouwmeester (in his great year) put in 22 pts in 47 games and 1 pt in 6 playoff games.

Franson is 26 years old.


He is a RFA and the leaf want to sign him to a 2 year deal for 2.6/yr or a 1 year deal for 2M. After a 1 year deal he gets arbitration rights.

I understand that Burke does not like to make RFA offers.... BUT why not offer him a 1 or 2 year deal at 3.3M (compensation is a 2nd round pick).

If Franson was on the Oilers and was coming of the season he just had they would have signed him for 6M for 6 years.

The Oilers could offer 5M for 4-6 years (compensation 1st and 3rd).... as the Oilers have no further need (or cap space) for another high round draft pick, I don't understand why they haven't done this already. If the Oilers are not positive that they will be a playoff team this year (and the First pick a mid round pick) then they should not be locking up the core of this team for 18M for 6years.


The Leafs have 1M of cap space left and an offer sheet to Franson that they have to match messes them up.

[Poe969]

Originally Posted by ricardodw

Cody Franson is 6-5 213 and had 124 hits in 45 games last year. He had 29 pts in the regular season and 6 pts in 7 playoff games.

Jackman lead the Flames in hits with 98... Gio was our big hitting D-man with 68.

Bouwmeester (in his great year) put in 22 pts in 47 games and 1 pt in 6 playoff games.

Franson is 26 years old.


He is a RFA and the leaf want to sign him to a 2 year deal for 2.6/yr or a 1 year deal for 2M. After a 1 year deal he gets arbitration rights.

I understand that Burke does not like to make RFA offers.... BUT why not offer him a 1 or 2 year deal at 3.3M (compensation is a 2nd round pick).

If Franson was on the Oilers and was coming of the season he just had they would have signed him for 6M for 6 years.

The Oilers could offer 5M for 4-6 years (compensation 1st and 3rd).... as the Oilers have no further need (or cap space) for another high round draft pick, I don't understand why they haven't done this already. If the Oilers are not positive that they will be a playoff team this year (and the First pick a mid round pick) then they should not be locking up the core of this team for 18M for 6years.


The Leafs have 1M of cap space left and an offer sheet to Franson that they have to match messes them up.

I'd be ok with giving up a second round pick for Franson, I'd do that deal if he wanted to be here. As for why the oilers haven't, well they're still going under their theory that defense doesn't win championships, small forwards who get injured all the time probably does

[Wolven]

Originally Posted by Poe969

I'd be ok with giving up a second round pick for Franson, I'd do that deal if he wanted to be here. As for why the oilers haven't, well they're still going under their theory that defense doesn't win championships, small forwards who get injured all the time probably does

I'd also give up a second for Franson. It is a bit premature for us to be making a move like that but if we send him a 5 year contract then he should remain a valuable part of the team after the rebuild.

It would make a lot more sense for the Oilers, or even the Avs...

[TheDebaser]

I don't know. Some very good players have come out of the second round.