10-09-2016, 03:10 PM
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Resident Videologist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
So, change of subject - are there any PTO players in other teams who've done well, but probably won't get signed, that the Flames should look at (over say Hamilton, Higgins and Grossman)?
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Justin Fontaine was on a PTO with Dallas, but got released.
RW, Albertan, but probably a 4th liner at best at this point.
Kris Versteeg still hasn't signed with Edmonton.
Everybody else is pretty meh. Bourque (COL), Prust (TOR), Ruutu and Skille (VAN).
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10-09-2016, 03:16 PM
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#62
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Toronto
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Originally Posted by AC
Justin Fontaine was on a PTO with Dallas, but got released.
RW, Albertan, but probably a 4th liner at best at this point.
Kris Versteeg still hasn't signed with Edmonton.
Everybody else is pretty meh. Bourque (COL), Prust (TOR), Ruutu and Skille (VAN).
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Devin Setoguchi apparently still very much in the mix to make it with the LA Kings right now.
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10-09-2016, 03:17 PM
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#63
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Franchise Player
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I apologize in advance to anyone who has had an evil step dad that was horrible to them. In case this is you (and I feel terrible for you), you probably want to skip this post.
The Canucks have always been like that distant cousin that shows up for that yearly family function - and sometimes doesn't show up at all much to everyone's relief. He is obnoxious, he is annoying, and you just simply want to punch him in the face. However, you know he is mostly irrelevant other than the occasional meet-up. That is the Canucks to me. I have 'hated' them altogether for less than 10 seasons, with only 5 or 6 being consecutive.
The Oilers? Heck, they are like that evil step dad that some people have. You know - the type that ridicules the step-son and tries to destroy his self-esteem daily. The starvation tactics. The beatings. Maybe even more terrible stuff. That is the Oilers to me. For half of the 80's they basically had their way with the Flames. People forget the abuse the players took at their hands, both on the ice and on the scoreboard. We then had to sit sick to our stomachs and watch them lift the cup.
We have grown up, punched that stupid stepdad right in the nose, and he has been irrelevant ever since. Doesn't mean I will ever stop hating him. Doesn't mean I will ever feel sorry for them. Heck, I get mad with all the media outlets feeling sorry for them, and it is completely sickening hearing them proclaim them as the next great dynasty, and 'building something special', and 'doing it the right way'. Tanking is not doing anything the right way.
Then I have to put up with their insufferable fanbase who just keep parroting the same story every year about how special they are, and how they have all this elite talent, and how the Flames will never be successful because they don't.
Yeah, Oilers will always be that evil step dad to me, even though he is feeble and useless, and is confused and wears sweatpants with good shoes, and often goes out with his best pair of underwear worn over the above sweatpants. He still wears a T-Shirt full of holes, and where there isn't holes all you see is stains, but he has seen to it to embroider a McDavid 97 on it, and has drawn-in the 6th cup.
Oilers suck, and there is no other team I would rather cheer against. Vancouver could have 6 Burrows and 6 Keslers, and I doubt I would hate them as much as Edmonton still.
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10-10-2016, 01:12 PM
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#64
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Flames fan in Seattle
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So was there anything further on the chronicles of Sieloff?
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10-10-2016, 02:26 PM
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#65
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by FBI
So was there anything further on the chronicles of Sieloff?
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Looks like he was basically demoted to the AHL immediately afterwards:
http://m.ottawasun.com/2016/09/28/si...-with-senators
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10-10-2016, 05:37 PM
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#66
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Any word on the other top picks from this last draft making their respective teams?
Last edited by gilligans_off; 10-10-2016 at 08:05 PM.
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10-10-2016, 06:45 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Anyone been paying attention to how iginla played this preseason?
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10-10-2016, 06:48 PM
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#68
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Uncle Chester
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I see Brayden Schenn is going to miss the first three games of the year due to a suspension for a hit in the preseason.
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10-10-2016, 06:52 PM
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#69
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Chonger
Anyone been paying attention to how iginla played this preseason?
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No, but the Avs were the only undefeated team
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10-10-2016, 06:53 PM
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#70
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Last time I checked, Iginla had more points than Colborne, but fewer than Bourque.
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10-10-2016, 09:25 PM
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#71
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by getbak
Last time I checked, Iginla had more points than Colborne, but fewer than Bourque.
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We thought it would happen.. Iginla passing the torch to Bourque.
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10-10-2016, 09:57 PM
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#72
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by Karl
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Looks like Setoguchi is making the Kings opening night roster... Mostly due to injuries, but he was a long shot to play in the NHL again. http://m.ocregister.com/articles/kin...uchi-last.html
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10-11-2016, 11:19 AM
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#73
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie
Some underage junior news: Barzal/Beauvillier expected to be on NYI 23-man roster; D Strome/Crouse/Chychrun will make ARI's 23-man roster.
Steve Kournianos @TheDraftAnalyst
Provorov/Konecny (PHI), Tkachuk (CGY), Sergachev (MTL), Zacha (NJD), Chabot (OTT), Point (TB), Marner (TOR) are some CHL'ers to start in NHL
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10-11-2016, 11:23 AM
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#74
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Franchise Player
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Boy does Arizona have some awesome young players on their roster to start the year.
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10-11-2016, 11:26 AM
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#75
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Franchise Player
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Zona is going to have a difficult time keeping all this talent long term but yes they are stacked.
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10-11-2016, 11:58 AM
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#76
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie
Some underage junior news: Barzal/Beauvillier expected to be on NYI 23-man roster; D Strome/Crouse/Chychrun will make ARI's 23-man roster.
Steve Kournianos @TheDraftAnalyst
Provorov/Konecny (PHI), Tkachuk (CGY), Sergachev (MTL), Zacha (NJD), Chabot (OTT), Point (TB), Marner (TOR) are some CHL'ers to start in NHL
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I figured that would happen with Crouse. He was a very, very late cut last year in Panthers camp.
That was a huge win trade for the Coyotes. They've got a lot of good young players on that team now. I wonder if it'll be similar to the World Cup Team NA, lots of speed and excitement, and occasionally making life hell for the really good teams, but ultimately fall short. Don't look now, but the Coyotes are going to be in the playoff conversation very soon. Probably sooner than the Oilers.
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10-11-2016, 12:02 PM
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#77
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
I figured that would happen with Crouse. He was a very, very late cut last year in Panthers camp.
That was a huge win trade for the Coyotes. They've got a lot of good young players on that team now. I wonder if it'll be similar to the World Cup Team NA, lots of speed and excitement, and occasionally making life hell for the really good teams, but ultimately fall short. Don't look now, but the Coyotes are going to be in the playoff conversation very soon. Probably sooner than the Oilers.
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You have watched Dave Tippet's Arizona Coyotes before, right?
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10-11-2016, 12:04 PM
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#78
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Originally Posted by Textcritic
You have watched Dave Tippet's Arizona Coyotes before, right?
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Haha, right, I forgot. 
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10-11-2016, 03:28 PM
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#79
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Resident Videologist
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10-11-2016, 03:41 PM
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#80
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
I figured that would happen with Crouse. He was a very, very late cut last year in Panthers camp.
That was a huge win trade for the Coyotes. They've got a lot of good young players on that team now. I wonder if it'll be similar to the World Cup Team NA, lots of speed and excitement, and occasionally making life hell for the really good teams, but ultimately fall short. Don't look now, but the Coyotes are going to be in the playoff conversation very soon. Probably sooner than the Oilers.
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I dunno. Starting the season with four rookies in your forward core seems like a real Oilers thing to do.
Seems like the exact opposite thing of what you should do to develop young players.
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