[Trade] Flames acquire Shane O'Brien and David Jones for Tanguay and Sarich

[cral12]

Flames well on their way to a top 3 draft pick in 2014 and hopefully Connor McDavid in 2015.

[Iniggywetrust]

Originally Posted by StrykerSteve

SportsnetSpec Love the trade for Calgary. Getting younger the key here. Tanguay and Sarich, time to move on for both. Jones better than stats show
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RogMillions #Flames acquire Shane O'Brien and David Jones from Colorado for Alex Tanguay and Cory Sarich. Flames get bigger and younger.
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Not a surprise to see the CGY media suckling on the Feaster teet. This is another bad trade trying to be made to look good.

[DropIt]

Not really a fan of taking on that Jones contract. 4 years at 4M? He better start scoring like he was or that contract looks ugly

[automaton 3]

Flames also dump another NMC and a NTC.

[Iceman57]

Originally Posted by MikeMc

Bye bye Tangs. Have fun drop passing in Colorado. Ya effortless heartless full of talent Frenchy.

Sarich thanks for your time here buddy. You did what you could with what you had left.

SOB was solid in Nashville in the playoffs a couple years ago, not the most skilled but he will run through a brick wall for you.

Jones - Gamble there, but likely more effort than the floating Frenchman.

Yes, this is exactly how i feel and exactly how the deal will play out

[CaptainCrunch]

The Jones from the season before last is definitely worth 4 mil per year. The guy is a big strong forward that had/has nice hands and a good wrist shot. He got buried on a bad team last year. If he even regains half his form its a win.

O'Brien is a ahole, but I've been saying that this team needs more of an ahole factor, plus he's younger then Sarich.

Tanguay was done here, he's a skilled player, but he was a big part of the butter soft problem last year and he's not getting any younger. It also sounds like he was unhappy at the end of last year.

Sarich was good in his prime, but he was barely hanging onto his NHL career last year.

This is a good deal for both teams.

And screw the cap hit, its not like we don't have lots of space.

[polak]

Originally Posted by Azure

Jones will be given more opportunity in Calgary. He probably won't get 27 goals, but to see him hit 30-40 points wouldn't be that insane.

So you trade a guy who's bad seasons are 30-40 points and makes less money for a guy who's optimistic season is 30-40 points and makes more money? 28 isn't a "rebuilding" age. He'll be at least 30 by the time we get a sniff of competitive play from this team.

AWESOME CALGARY FLAMES TRADE BROUGHT TO YOU BY JAY THE COWBOY FEASTER.

[Buck Murdock]

Tanguay's point totals were from being in a perfect situation with Iggy, first line minutes, minimal injuries, etc. If it wasn't for the flames he'd be retired now. He will not be missed.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by sun

Tangs had a decent 27pts in 40 games last year. How likely is it that we'll see Jones hit 25+ again? Didn't realize he had such a high cap hit...

He also had 3 points in his last 10 games. Once Iginla was gone, he was exposed. He's turning 34. He has nothing left in the tank.

[Jiggy_12]

Like this trade. Cap hit doesn't matter and we get younger and bigger. Time to chane the guard, and not having Iginla, kiprusoff, bouwmeester, tanguay, Sarich and possibly Cammelleri certainly accomplishes that.

I really like this trade.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

With him 27th, without 26?

Nobody knows!

All in all, this is pretty much a dufus for dufus deal....both Sarich and Tanguay were never going to be part of the solution. It's not going to save the Flames, but it sure as hell won't hurt them either.

[Enoch Root]

I like the trade. We move one of our excess LWs, who is small and getting older for a RW (which we are desperately short of) with more size.

I like Sarich, but can live with SOB as he at least has grit (replacing Sarich's grit)

As for the poster who said we are taking on cap - don't think so: $6m for $6M

I like theidea of a big guy like Jones playing RW with Baertschi and Backlund

[Buff]

Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard

There is this.

Well, having Steve Smith score on his own net (in more epic fashion, I might add) didn't stop the Flames from acquiring him, so why would that play stop the Flames from getting SOB?

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Iniggywetrust

Not a surprise to see the CGY media suckling on the Feaster teet. This is another bad trade trying to be made to look good.

Since when has the CGY media stood up for Feaster, and Spec is Edmonton media.

Maybe people realize this is a step in the right direction. If the Flames are going to go with youth they need size and grit. Jones and SOB bring that, cap hits don't really matter since we won't be a cap team for two seasons at least.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by polak

So you trade a guy who's bad seasons are 30-40 points and makes less money for a guy who's optimistic season is 30-40 points and makes more money?

AWESOME CALGARY FLAMES TRADE BROUGHT TO YOU BY JAY THE COWBOY FEASTER.

Why do we want Tanguay here? He isn't going to help us at all and is pretty much a cancer IMO.

Cap space? We have to stay above the cap floor to begin with.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by mrdonkey

I don't like this trade. Sarich was a warrior for us and probably could have commanded some kind of asset at the deadline.

If Sarich had any value at the deadline, he would've been shipped out this past trade deadline.

[FlamesFan?101]

These are the types of plays SOB makes. Alice, of all people, makes him look like a pylon.

[LGA]

I'm super happy with this as an Avs fan.

[StrykerSteve]

I love how CP wanted Tanguay to be bought out, yet expected a world-class return on a trade.

Feaster did fine, here, as long as Jones plays hard. Time will tell.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by polak

So you trade a guy who's bad seasons are 30-40 points and makes less money for a guy who's optimistic season is 30-40 points and makes more money?

AWESOME CALGARY FLAMES TRADE BROUGHT TO YOU BY JAY THE COWBOY FEASTER.

Jones currently brings more to the table then Alex does. If your judging it strictly by points then fine you win. But Alex is an aging asset, he pouted like crazy last year. Played softer then a pillow and bought nothing outside of setup.

I really didn't want him around a young rebuilding team with his lack of effort rubbing off on younger players thanks.