NHL Rumors: First Tough Decision For The Winnipeg Jets Is Out Of The Way, And The Calgary Flames And Their RFAs
Source: My NHL Trade Rumors
Date: 2019-06-18
First tough decision for the Winnipeg Jets is out of the way after the Jacob Trouba trade. Matthew Tkachuk could cost the Flames anywhere between $7 and $10 million per season.
Continue ReadingCanucks announce 2019 training camp, pre-season schedules
Source: Sportsnet
Date: 2019-06-18
The Vancouver Canucks announced details about the team’s training camp and its 2019 pre-season schedule on Tuesday. The training camps will take place in Victoria, B.C., starting Friday, Sept. 13 through Sunday, Sept. 15. All practices will be open to the public with a $5 admission fee, with net proceeds after operational costs being donated to charity. The Canuck’s pre-season schedule features two British Columbia neutral sites games, beginning in Victoria against the Calgary Flames and including a game in Abbotsford against the
Continue ReadingFlames Release 2019-20 Pre-Season Schedule
Source: Matchsticks and Gasoline
Date: 2019-06-18
Calgary’s pre-season schedule is out! The Calgary Flames announced their pre-season schedule for the 2019-20 season today. They’ll be playing a total of eight games against four different teams plus the two rookie games against Edmonton. The schedule is as follows: Split Squad - Monday, Sept. 16 vs. Vancouver - 7:00 p.m. - Scotiabank Saddledome Split Squad - Monday, Sept. 16 @ Vancouver (in Victoria) - 8:00 p.m. - Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Wednesday, Sept. 18 vs. San Jose - 7:00 p.m. - Scotiabank Saddledome Friday, Sept. 20 @ Edmonton - 7:00 p.m. - Rogers Place Sunday, Sept. 22 @ Winnipeg - 6:00 p.m. - Bell MTS Place Tuesday, Sept. 24 vs. Winnipeg - 7:00 p.m. - Scotiab
Continue ReadingCalgary Flames Awards Preview
Source: Matchsticks and Gasoline
Date: 2019-06-18
Calgary’s captain will be up for a pair of awards A pair of Calgary Flames will be making the trip to Las Vegas for Wednesday night’s NHL Awards ceremony. Mark Giordano will be up for a pair of awards (Norris and Mark Messier Leadership Award) while Sean Monahan is in the running for the Lady Byng trophy. Let’s break down each player’s award and their likelihood of winning it. Sean Monahan - Lady Byng/Most Gentlemanly Player Player who “exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct
Continue ReadingSuccessful Flames draft weekend won’t be measured by 26th overall pick
Source: Sportsnet
Date: 2019-06-18
CALGARY – A perfect draft weekend for the Calgary Flames would open with news Matthew Tkachuk has agreed to a lengthy contract extension. It would also include landing a player 26th overall who has the size and grit of a Tkachuk and can step into the lineup this fall. Neither is going to happen, which is why Brad Treliving enters the pick-a-player party with muted expectations. “If something happens, great – but we may just go there and draft some players,” said the Flames GM, who will arrive at Friday’s draft in Vancouver with five picks including first, third, fourth, fifth and seventh-rounders. Should he indeed return to Calgary with nothing but prospects to show for the star-selecting sleepover, it would be a radical departure for the Flames’ fifth-year architect who has spent the pa
Continue Reading2018-19 Player Report Card: Elias Lindholm
Source: Matchsticks and Gasoline
Date: 2019-06-17
This was an OK acquisition, no? Elias Lindholm: Forward Regular Season: 81 GP, 27 G, 51 A, 78 Pts, 20 PIM, +30, 1.9 CFRel% Playoffs: 5 GP, 1 G, 1 A, 2 Pts, 4 PIM Individual Grades MarkParkinson14= (A) I think it’s safe to say the trade between the Flames and Carolina Hurricanes worked out OK. Lindholm was the third member of one of the NHL’s most potent lines this season and his stats show it. He set career highs in goals (27), assists (51), points (78), +/- (30), PPG (9) and GWG (5). Not bad
Continue ReadingCalgary Flames’ 2019 NHL Draft Primer
Source: The Hockey Writers
Date: 2019-06-17
The Calgary Flames were the second-best regular season team in the National Hockey League in 2018-19. Heading into the 2019 NHL Draft, general manager Brad Treliving likely hopes to make moves – picks and otherwise – to keep that momentum rolling.
Continue ReadingEpisode 212: 2019 Entry Draft Preview
Source: Fireside Chat
Date: 2019-06-17
With the Stanley Cup playoffs over, it is time to look ahead to the NHL Entry Draft. The last few drafts have seen the Flames top picks traded for veteran help on the blueline. Should the Flames trade their pick this year, or draft? We discuss some of our picks for who the Flames should target with their first round (#26) draft pick, and what type of player the Flames need to draft with their other picks.
Continue ReadingFlames GM Treliving thinks RFA class could slow draft trade activity
Source: Sportsnet
Date: 2019-06-16
One of the NHL’s most active draft day general managers believes the large number of big-name RFAs could stymie draft floor activity next week. Brad Treliving, who has made several of his most significant moves on draft weekend, said it will be harder for him and many of his colleagues to manoeuvre as freely as they have in the past due to the cost uncertainty associated with unsigned young stars. “You can’t go out and buy all sorts of cars before you know what the mortgage payment is,” said the Calgary Flames GM, who will arrive at the NHL Draft in Vancouver next Friday unsure how much of his $14.5 million in cap space he will have to allocate for restricted free agent
Continue ReadingThe Last 26 Players Taken at #26
Source: Matchsticks and Gasoline
Date: 2019-06-14
A look at the kinds of players that Calgary may find at 26 With the Flames holding Pick #26 and different possibilities swirling about the trading of the pick, I wanted to look at some of the players picked with Pick #26. Obviously you can’t judge the picks value based on other players as it comes down to the competencies of the various scouting staffs involved, but here’s an idea of the kind of players chosen and their career numbers. Only eight players selected at Pick#26 have ended up playing more than 100 games with their draft club which is somewhat surprising. That’s not even a season and a half. Of the players selected, the biggest names are Martin Havl
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