[Signing] Flames sign college free agent Tyson Gross to 2 year ELC

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Conroy certainly has enough draft chips to move for a good, young centre already in the NHL if he wants to expedite the rebuild timeline.

Like who? Not many teams are giving up a future 1C, even for good draft capital.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Like who? Not many teams are giving up a future 1C, even for good draft capital.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Let's see what the Conman can do... he's certainly lined things up to make a splash at the draft.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Yes, Francis says in his tweet that he will make his NHL debut before the season ends.

Yup, this guy will replace Backlund next year who despite staying at the trade deadline I fully expect to go chase a Cup next year somewhere. I think the temptation to take at least one swing at it will get the best of Backs this offseason and he should.

[dammage79]

It's a young RHS center! Lo and behold!

Guess I should take down my Viggo Bjorck placards now....

Nah, we need more RhS centers!!

[Major Major]

I wonder if the Flames were approached with Backlund and Coleman package deals at the deadline and Backs wasn't ready. They may have figured based on offers that they are worth a lot more together and that next deadline could be the time to do it.

Imagine getting those two for a playoff run, with built in chemistry. That would be a giant add.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

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Let's see what the Conman can do... he's certainly lined things up to make a splash at the draft.

Oh, I thought you had names in mind since you said it was easily doable. I think it's harder than that.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by dammage79

It's a young RHS center! Lo and behold!

Guess I should take down my Viggo Bjorck placards now....

Nah, we need more RhS centers!!

Ya, keep the placards, Bjork is on a whole other level.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Obviously, different guys have different expectations and different ceilings. Not all guys are acquired in the hopes that they'll be top liners, which is fine, because there are different roles to fill.

The way I would rank the current C prospects in the organization:

Elite ceiling / top line expectation: ---
Top line ceiling / top 6 expectation: Reschny, Potter
Top 6 ceiling / middle 6 expectation: Stockselius
Middle 6 ceiling / bottom 6 expectation: Castagna, Gross
Bottom 6 ceiling / tweener expectation: King, Curran

(sorry Tacoman - I hope I am under-rating him)

The Flames still need an elite C to fill the bingo card.

Also, you acquire as many as possible, because occasionally, guys exceed expectations.

Basha is playing C between the Rucks.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Basha is playing C between the Rucks.

Yes but he wasn't playing C with the Wranglers. I still view him as far more likely to be a winger in the pros. But we'll see.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by The Fonz

Center prospects added over the last week:

Jonathan Castagna - Apr 2005 - 6'2" - Left-shot Center
25/26 NCAA 29GP 14G 18A 32PTS +25

Max Curran - Aug 2006 - 6'3" - Left-shot Center
25/26 WHL 31GP 14G 27A 41PTS +11

Tyson Gross - Sept 2002 - 6'3" - Right-shot Center
25/26 NCAA 36GP 18G 23A 41PTS -4

All three guys are very good face off guys at their current level too.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Flames' PPG ncaa prospects list keeps growing

Wyttenbach
Reschny
Hoskins
Potter
Castagna
Mews
Gross
*cough*McKenna*cough*

[Funkhouser]

Originally Posted by stemit14

Who are the upcoming RFAs and UFAs on the Wranglers this summer? With signings like this and the boatload of picks the flames are about to make, I wonder if it means more AHL players may not be given qualifying offers. Have to start making room for all these prospects that are already in the system and are about to enter the system.

From another thread (along with my predictions of what the Flames should do):

Re-sign:
Stromgren
Kirkland (utility forward in event of injury)
King
Othmann
Ciona
Morton
Grushnikov


Walk Away (or AHL deal):
Bell
Bishop
White
Cicek
Kerins (debatable, but if you don't see an NHLer, let him go)
Miromanov
Prosvetov
Say

[Roof-Daddy]

Two years in a row where the Flames benefit from having a player sign with them who grew up a fan of the team and is a Calgarian. Hopefully next year will be the third year in a row.

2025 - King
2026 - Gross
2027 - Makar

[#-3]

Last week I had heard Conroy say they are only targeting 1 NCAA UFA, given the relationship to the team and how fast this happened, you'd assume this is it for them.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

Yup, this guy will replace Backlund next year who despite staying at the trade deadline I fully expect to go chase a Cup next year somewhere. I think the temptation to take at least one swing at it will get the best of Backs this offseason and he should.

Or, he'd like to captain the Flames into the new arena and move at the following TDL in the last year of his upcoming contract.

[calf]

With this many prospects and draft picks, Conroy is going to have to be super aggressive on term when negotiating contracts. Otherwise he'd have to sell at a discount to make room for someone making a push to make the big club.

You perform? You can get re-signed. If not, a prospect can take your place easily, and making sure there's contract/cap room to do so

[Buff]

Originally Posted by stemit14

Who are the upcoming RFAs and UFAs on the Wranglers this summer? With signings like this and the boatload of picks the flames are about to make, I wonder if it means more AHL players may not be given qualifying offers. Have to start making room for all these prospects that are already in the system and are about to enter the system.

This lists everyone under contract: https://puckpedia.com/team/calgary-flames

UFA (both NHL and AHL):
Lomberg
Olofsson
Bean
Miromanov
Kirkland
Bishop
Cicek

RFA:
Beecher
Stromgren
King
Othmann
Bell
Ciona
Kerins
Morton
White
Grushnikov
Say

I'm guessing a couple of RFA players may not be tendered their qualifying offer.

[Rick M.]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Flames' PPG ncaa prospects list keeps growing:

Wyttenbach
Reschny
Hoskins
Potter
Castagna
Mews
Gross
*cough*McKenna*cough*

Imagine how good McKenna will be when he gets over that cough!

[bigrangy]

No Rooney to get in the way which is good.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by Buff

This lists everyone under contract: https://puckpedia.com/team/calgary-flames

After todays signing they have 20 spots open.

Add to this, must be signed this year to retain the prospect:

• Jamieson
• Laing
• Mews
• Misa

I would guess the Flames want to enter the season with 3-4 spots open to flexibility.

And I would guess they will save 2-3 spots for a couple of guys who might decide to turn pro early (I would primarily target guys like Reshny, Castagna....)


So I would guess they only have space to sign about 10 of the 18 guys you listed.