RFA Poll: Should the Flames resign TJ Galiardi

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

Glencross-Monahan-Hudler
Baertschi/Gaudreau/Granlund-Backlund-Jones
Byron-Stajan-Colborne
Westgarth-Bouma-McGrattan

... How does the team make the cap floor with that forward group? That forward group leaves the Flames needing to spend 10-12 Million Dollars on what amounts to limited icetime depth players.

[Scoreface]

I don't think he sees the light of day in the NHL again. He was awful on a lottery team given lots of chances. Too vanilla for my liking, as he just skates endlessly and accomplishes little, kind of like Comeau. No thanks. Young guys will come up and revel in the opportunity under some good leadership and coaching.

There is only room for one T.J. on this team and it ain't him.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by Parallex

... How does the team make the cap floor with that forward group? That forward group leaves the Flames needing to spend 10-12 Million Dollars on what amounts to limited icetime depth players.

Could spend a chunk on defensemen

[Karl]

Originally Posted by Scoreface

I don't think he sees the light of day in the NHL again. He was awful on a lottery team given lots of chances. Too vanilla for my liking, as he just skates endlessly and accomplishes little, kind of like Comeau. No thanks. Young guys will come up and revel in the opportunity under some good leadership and coaching.

There is only room for one T.J. on this team and it ain't him.

Exactly, and how many people want or wanted Comeau back? Not many at all and not me either. And that's another reason I do not want Galiardi back either.

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Could spend a chunk on defensemen

You could try. But what d-man is...

A: Worth the kind of scratch it would take to put a dent into that,
B: Would likely sign in Calgary,
C: Wouldn't demand an onerous amount of term (or alternatively would be likely to maintain performance over that term).

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by Parallex

You could try. But what d-man is...

A: Worth the kind of scratch it would take to put a dent into that,
B: Would likely sign in Calgary,
C: Wouldn't demand an onerous amount of term (or alternatively would be likely to maintain performance over that term).

D - none of the above

[AcGold]

Pass. He's similar to Tim Jackman. Not big, fast or skilled enough for his role. Watching Galiardi get steamrolled by Jamie Benn is when his confidence went to hell.

[Vulcan]

We've had worse 13th forwards than Galiardi. One thing is, do we want one of our prospects in that role, eating popcorn or do we want a proven NHL player who can fit in pretty much in any role?

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by Parallex

... How does the team make the cap floor with that forward group? That forward group leaves the Flames needing to spend 10-12 Million Dollars on what amounts to limited icetime depth players.

Did you read the rest of my post? I suggested we could sign an UFA and trade a pick for a player. We do have some RFA's to re-sign who will be getting raises.

I don't think the cap floor is an issue. The purpose of listing the depth chart was to show that we already have a whole forward group of guys better than Galiardi without even handing many spots to rookies or adding in the inevitable depth guys that we will be picking up this summer. Thus there's no reason to sign Galiardi because he's proven to be a fringe player on our roster and we're trying to improve on that roster.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

We've had worse 13th forwards than Galiardi. One thing is, do we want one of our prospects in that role, eating popcorn or do we want a proven NHL player who can fit in pretty much in any role?

Those aren't the only options. We can have a guy like Westgarth as the 13th and sign or trade for better players than Galiardi.

He's easily improved upon IMO.