[GDT] Flames @ Sabres, 5pm, SN360

[FBI]

What thread am I in here??

[GreenLantern2814]

It's a November game against the Sabres.

The Flames should dummy them.

Happy?

[Moneyhands23]

Big win tonight! Boys need to start locking in some 2 point games. Especially with the tough back to back coming up!

[CF84]

Let's show the Sabres that of the two teams that don't have an Eichel, we're the best.
Go Flames Go!!!

[direwolf]

Worst GDT ever.

[robertsfanatic]

Originally Posted by VilleN

While Dino chooses to be a positive, optimistic, glass-is-half-full kind of fan.

ahem, that would be me...but I like Dino's posting so I'm okay with sharing the title.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

An NHL front office with six months to come up with a solution to those issues should be able to do so.

Simply not signing Blake Coleman or acquiring Nikita Zadorov would've solved the first two issues re: the cap.

Include the last three 1st round picks - I buy that they just liked Krebs more than Zary, I don't for a second buy that they'd like Krebs more than Coronato, Zary and Pelletier.

I would be willing to bet that all three of those players combine to be less productive than Jack Eichel over the next 4.5 years.

Mangiapane/Tuch is a wash - Mangiapane as an RFA would've been a solid bet to extend with the Sabres and costs less right now in real dollars.

Tkachuk, if he'd been included, could've returned another mid-1st ++ as a deadline rental, and helped them win some games in the interim.

A 1st this year - who cares. We're not drafting top-3. We're not drafting top-10.

I would've trusted Sutter and the core to fight to stay between 6th and 10th most of the year, and when Eichel did come back after the Olympic break, they'd be ready to roll.

Just my opinion.

Ignoring the fact that Zadorov doesn’t make anywhere near $5M and ignoring the fact Mangiapane isn’t signing a Tuch-like contract (and even if he did Buffalo probably likes Tuch better), your trade would have been Tkachuk, Mangiapane, Zary, Pelletier, Coronato and a first and third round pick, and the Flames also have to refrain from signing Coleman (or any other $5M player).

[squiggs96]

Originally Posted by peter12

You aren't a mod anymore.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by calumniate

I'm not a mod either and would suggest that you're the last person on this board to want to comment on tone.

ssssshhhhhhhhh

[1_Flames_Fan]

Off topic but Sam Cosentino is a pretty great panelist and a generally charismatic dude. Love his energy, has fun but comes off as very knowledgeable too.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by gvitaly

I'd actually like to switch Coleman and Tkachuk on those lines. I think that Coleman has the speed to keep up with Gaudreau in transition, while Tkachuk has shown chemistry with Backlund and Mangiapane before.

Understatement!

Tkachuk-Backlund-Mangiapane

440:34 TOI
55.45% xGF
3.43 GF/60
2.76 GA/60 (but... Markstrom was pretty bad last year)

That line produces offense at a first line rate. If Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm/Bennett/Ritchie were not such an awful line, and produced even at a solid second line rate 5v5, we make the playoffs last year. And if Tkachuk doesn't get hurt in the Stars series, I'd bet on us to win that series.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Ignoring the fact that Zadorov doesn’t make anywhere near $5M and ignoring the fact Mangiapane isn’t signing a Tuch-like contract (and even if he did Buffalo probably likes Tuch better), your trade would have been Tkachuk, Mangiapane, Zary, Pelletier, Coronato and a first and third round pick, and the Flames also have to refrain from signing Coleman (or any other $5M player).

Zadorov + Coleman = $8.65M

One of Mangiapane or Tkachuk, because you’ve got too many high priced wingers and not enough centres.

Yes, Coronato, Zary and Pelletier.

Yes, 1st and 3rd this year.

Because the prize is an elite C under contract for another Olympic cycle after this year, and you’re not going to secure the player unless you make an offer that’s impossible to turn down.

I don’t care about his surgery. I knew about his surgery six months ago and I’m still here, presumably because I have faith that the Star Trek medical future we live in can take care of it.

And if I had to go just one UFA session without giving a 30+ year old winger a retirement contract he can’t possibly live up to, that’s just a bonus.

Back on topic: Gaudreau with a 3 point night, Shutout for whoever plays net.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by peter12

Why should a normal member care about tone policing?

Coffee is a good guy. He speaks passionately and usually apologizes when he crosses the line.

Edit: I was pages behind and no need to restart

[Hey Connor, It's Mess]

Someone will score a goal tonight