[Signing] Official: Flames sign Cam Talbot (1 yr, $2.75mil)

[ricosuave]

So, Rittich has to be getting a contract more than Talbot's 2.75m/year, no?

[DeluxeMoustache]

Young 31. I wonder if he can dunk

[Cycling76er]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

No, he's not. Dustin Wolf will not be playing any professional games next year unless somehow every other goalie in the Flames organization is stricken with the plague. He's 18-years-old.

Ahhh. My brain filtered out the "....by season's end" bit. :0

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by ricosuave

So, Rittich has to be getting a contract more than Talbot's 2.75m/year, no?

Not sure. He's not as accomplished a player as Talbot.

[TheScorpion]

Talbot on TSN right now.

[N-E-B]

So glad TSN kept Talbot on hold for a while to talk to him for 15 seconds... TSN is garbage.

[keenan87]

Originally Posted by N-E-B

So glad TSN kept Talbot on hold for a while to talk to him for 15 seconds... TSN is garbage.

Agreed.. that was pretty bad.

[Manhattanboy]

Well this has been an underwhelming day for Flames fans. Guess I will head back outside.

[getbak]

Interesting that Talbot and his family have made Edmonton their permanent home. Because of that, it sounds like Calgary was definitely his first choice.

https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/a-gr...on/c-308152402

[Strange Brew]

So as soon as the presser is over, Wills comes on and starts talking about all the improvement we will see from Neal and Czarnik next year.

It's not that they guy is such a homer (he is the home team PBP after all) but his sense of timing is just off.

[btimbit]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1145782315735367680

Similar things to what we heard the Flyers say about Talbot and hart

[AC]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

So as soon as the presser is over, Wills comes on and starts talking about all the improvement we will see from Neal and Czarnik next year.

It's not that they guy is such a homer (he is the home team PBP after all) but his sense of timing is just off.

Well, Treliving mentioned having improvement on the RW internally, both from existing RWers and possibly moving players to that position (Tkachuk?).

Wills explained that when Treliving said that, he thought of 2 names and talked about Neal and Czarnik. I think that's a fair point, whether they're capable or not.

[Heavy Jack]

I think Phillips is a darkhorse to watch at camp too IMO

[ricosuave]

Any mention of jersey number?

[DeluxeMoustache]

Tre with some gold when asked about the battle of Alberta goalie swap

First he said they had to give the writers something, and they eat that up.

Then he said the goalie they got was from Philly

Well done

[Mr.Coffee]

Listening to Wills is completely useless. His opinion is essentially so unbalanced it’s irrelevant.

[N-E-B]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

Listening to Wills is completely useless. His opinion is essentially so unbalanced it’s irrelevant.

Yeah, I don’t mind Wills for his play-by-play but some of his takes are just awful.

[Manhattanboy]

Last year was ridiculous.

Wills was to Smith as Jimmy Fallon is to every guest.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Well this has been an underwhelming day for Flames fans. Guess I will head back outside.

Sounds like it was the Flames most successful UFA day under Treliving. The less you do on July 1st the better.

[Flames Fan, Ph.D.]

Gotta give Treliving credit for being a smooth talker. On the Fan interview with Steinberg, he slyly phrases it as the Flames having signed Talbot *because* Smith left and moved up to Edmonton.

Well played sir.