[News] Giordano left unprotected in expansion draft

[Flamesfan05]

They can take both johansen and Gio

Gio is a no brainer, nothing negative, all positive

Johansen is 90% negative

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Looks like about 48M?

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nhl/...715r9b87vkxwpj

At least 20 of those players must be under contract for 2021-22 and have a value between 60 and 100 percent of the upper limit ($81.5 million) of the salary cap.

Thanks...i knew i had read it somewhere.

So when you combine that with Francis more than hinting that he values cap space as much or more than players at this point, it is no slam dunk they take any large contracts.

Taking 20 players to get to 48 million will not be difficult at all.

[Bleeding Red]

Don't forget, Seattle has a 3 day exclusive window to talk with any UFA to see what a signing would look like.



Landeskog would not be a wasted pick as the Kraken would already have a deal in place when they pick him. Same with any other UFA. If they sign, pick him, if not, don't.

Not a wasted pick.

[dammage79]

Imagine if they signed Dougie and took Gio...

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Imagine if they signed Dougie and took Gio...

A very distinct possibility...

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Tkachukwagon

https://twitter.com/user/status/1416778081734430726

Right decision but are some of you really gonna say Gio was bad? Look at the numbers.

Keith had a 1% lol

[ricardodw]

Kraken takes Gio and turns around and flips him to Vancouver for Schmidt.

[gvitaly]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Right decision but are some of you really gonna say Gio was bad? Look at the numbers.

Keith had a 1% lol

I would say he was bad while playing with Andersson. He was good towards the end of the season, playing with Tanev.

[DazzlinDino]

Originally Posted by Macman

I'd wager that Seattle doesn't take Mark Giordano and that the Flames have made a deal with them. They're going to take Derek Ryan or Oliver Kylington instead, maybe Milan Lucic.

If you look at who the Flames left exposed, that's a lot of meh players and they had to put Gio on that list just because he's older maybe. He's arguably still the Flames best player.

Bet this is the case too, pretty sure Gio wants to remain a Flame and serrano's would have been discussed with Seattle. Doubt Sutter wants to let go of Lucic but if they had to choose Flames would counter with Ryan or Oliver, Lucic.

[burn_this_city]

Will be sad to see Gio go, but lets be realistic, he probably has a better shot at winning in Seattle than Calgary. Not a ton of sand left in the hourglass.

[ricardodw]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Right decision but are some of you really gonna say Gio was bad? Look at the numbers.

Keith had a 1% lol

So the Flames totally ignore analytics and refuse to back away from the mistakenly given Andersson contract?

[Tkachukwagon]

Great thread from Jack Han on who he’d select from each team.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1416789113857060868

Consensus from pretty much everyone outside of Calgary is that Gio is a “no brainer” select for Seattle.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1416795433569898501

[ricardodw]

Originally Posted by DazzlinDino

Bet this is the case too, pretty sure Gio wants to remain a Flame and serrano's would have been discussed with Seattle. Doubt Sutter wants to let go of Lucic but if they had to choose Flames would counter with Ryan or Oliver, Lucic.

Or pick Gio and trade him back to the Flames for Valamaki and/or Mackey.

Once the Kraken has him they could auction him off to the highest bidder.

How good does Gio look playing with Brodie in Toronto?

Part of the deal would be to pick Kerfoot or McCann rather than Dermont.

The the Kraken retain a few bucks and get Muzzin for Gio

[Burning Beard]

Originally Posted by ricardodw

So the Flames totally ignore analytics and refuse to back away from the mistakenly given Andersson contract?

Dude I don't get how you keep harping on this. Is it really unusual for a young dman to have an off season?

Let's not give him a chance at all though and rag on him all the time.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by ricardodw

So the Flames totally ignore analytics and refuse to back away from the mistakenly given Andersson contract?

No the Flames see 38 year old with 6.75M contract in his last year

[sureLoss]

[Poe969]

Jake Bean. I would take that kid over most of those guys.

[Wood]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Mention Gardiner but not Bean

[Chi-Town Hustler]

So if Gio goes, who becomes captain?

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town Hustler

So if Gio goes, who becomes captain?

Sure as #### won’t be Tkachuk.