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View Poll Results: Pick a goalie and 2 or 3 defenseman who are STAYING
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Rittich
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110 |
69.18% |
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Gillies
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48 |
30.19% |
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Andersson
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104 |
65.41% |
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Valimaki
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77 |
48.43% |
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Prout
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90 |
56.60% |
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Kulak
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48 |
30.19% |
09-30-2018, 09:42 AM
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#1
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Owner
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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Final Cuts - Defensemen & Goalies
Sorry guys, deleted because the interpretation could go both ways.
This time ... PICK WHO YOU KEEP
Givens
Smith
Giordano
Brodie
Hanifin
Hamonic
Stone
Pick 2 or 3 of the following
Andersson
Kulak
Prout
Valimaki
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09-30-2018, 09:48 AM
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#2
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Scoring Winger
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Rittich Valimaki and Prout
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09-30-2018, 09:49 AM
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#3
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Franchise Player
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I picked valamaki to stay up but I think he goes down and kulak stays
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09-30-2018, 09:51 AM
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#4
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Franchise Player
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Gillies - there is zero reason to keep Rittich up, he didn’t earn it.
Andersson
Valimaki
Prout
One of Andersson/Valimaki gets sent down on the 7th.
People voting for Rittich...why? Is it contract related? Gillies seemed to have the better pre-season
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09-30-2018, 09:52 AM
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Resident Videologist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Rittich, Andersson, and Prout.
I think it's either Andersson or Valimaki, with the ELC slide being enough of a reason to send Juuso down.
Last edited by AC; 09-30-2018 at 09:55 AM.
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09-30-2018, 09:56 AM
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#6
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Keep Gillies, Kulak and Prout. Waive Rittich and send him down alongside Valimaki and Andersson.
not the sexy picks, but there's no harm in giving your top D prospects some more time to develop. Did they play well in preseason? Yes. Did they force Trelivings hand in terms of spots on the opening night roster? Don't think so. Let them be the top pairing in Stockton and give them some looks later in the season. Prout can be the toughness #7 who eats popcorn for 60 games. Gillies has shown more than Rittich (who'd easily clear waivers).
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09-30-2018, 10:03 AM
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#7
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by devo22
Keep Gillies, Kulak and Prout. Waive Rittich and send him down alongside Valimaki and Andersson.
not the sexy picks, but there's no harm in giving your top D prospects some more time to develop. Did they play well in preseason? Yes. Did they force Trelivings hand in terms of spots on the opening night roster? Don't think so. Let them be the top pairing in Stockton and give them some looks later in the season. Prout can be the toughness #7 who eats popcorn for 60 games. Gillies has shown more than Rittich (who'd easily clear waivers).
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My thoughts on Kulak are that he and Stone make the 3rd pairing a pretty visible disaster.
Keeping Kulak over Prout as the 7th could work, but going into the regular season I think Kulak/Stone are a bad enough pairing that they could lose us games.
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09-30-2018, 10:03 AM
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#8
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First Line Centre
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Rittich (Gillies doesn't have to clear waivers and wasn't that much better than him, plus Rittich is a bit calmer out there and wouldn't benefit as much from more time in the minors)
Andersson (Valimaki needs more seasoning and to play top pairing minutes, but eventually was a higher ceiling if his development is managed properly)
Prout (provides more physical presence than Kulak and is the perfect benchwarmer; Kulak is the very definition of a tweeter defenceman, but will be given one last chance to go down to the minors and light it up there)
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09-30-2018, 10:05 AM
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#9
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Owner
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ComixZone
People voting for Rittich...why? Is it contract related? Gillies seemed to have the better pre-season
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Welcome to your vote, but I don't think the sample size makes either goalie the right or wrong pick.
Gillies 126 minutes .889
Rittich 158 minutes .872
Don't think Gillies Boston game is included.
I don't see any one winning or losing this battle. Tie goes to the one way contract and waivers in my mind.
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09-30-2018, 10:07 AM
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#10
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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so they've waived Kulak. Prout probably is the #7, so who gets the final spot? Andersson or Valimaki? Or both (keep 8 D)?
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09-30-2018, 10:07 AM
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#11
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Owner
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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If Andersson played the left side he's have a job today in my mind. But from reports this week I think even the player himself wavered on converting to the left side in the interview.
Valimaki should start in the AHL, and I think Andersson can't sit in the press box behind Stone so I cut them both.
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09-30-2018, 10:08 AM
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#12
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Franchise Player
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Torn on this one. I had really thought Andersson but the handedness thing has me reconsidering. I think it’s possible both Andersson and Valimaki start in Stockton.
I am fairly confident they keep Rittich to start the season.
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09-30-2018, 10:10 AM
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#13
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Owner
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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Funny ... Flames make me confused again as I was typing the above by waving Kulak today.
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09-30-2018, 10:17 AM
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#14
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: https://homestars.com/companies/2808346-keith-my-furnace-guy
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I really like what I see in Valimaki and I think it’s time .....I think he barely beats out Rasmus.
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09-30-2018, 10:23 AM
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#15
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Hyperbole Chamber
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I hope it's Valimaki they're going with because I don't see Andersson as ready. Valimaki probably isn't ready either but he has a stronger skill set than Andersson so his inexperience will be covered by his skill.
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09-30-2018, 10:27 AM
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#16
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bingo
If Andersson played the left side he's have a job today in my mind. But from reports this week I think even the player himself wavered on converting to the left side in the interview.
Valimaki should start in the AHL, and I think Andersson can't sit in the press box behind Stone so I cut them both.
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Exactly where I ended up. Assuming Kulak goes down, maybe Valimaki has made it.
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09-30-2018, 10:42 AM
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#17
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: CGY
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Gillies, Andersson, Valimaki
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09-30-2018, 11:01 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: EASHL Locker Room
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I like the guy but I think our best bet is to trade Stone
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09-30-2018, 11:07 AM
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#19
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Owner
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by foofighter15
I like the guy but I think our best bet is to trade Stone
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And I honestly think that will happen
A) before Xmas with Andersson lighting up the AHL.
B) at the deadline with the Flames healthy
C) a the draft
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09-30-2018, 11:09 AM
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#20
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bingo
If Andersson played the left side he's have a job today in my mind. But from reports this week I think even the player himself wavered on converting to the left side in the interview.
Valimaki should start in the AHL, and I think Andersson can't sit in the press box behind Stone so I cut them both.
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Exactly. Andersson deserves to be on the team, but the right side is loaded. Valimaki needs only supplant Kulak.
I voted on who I would like, not who I think will stay (I want to see Andersson and Gillies, but think it will be Prout and Rittich)
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