I think we can turn this around pretty quick. We are basically having double drafts in 3 straight years so that will load up the club with high drafted prospects.
We need to get a Monahan like deal that we did with Montreal instead we need to be the beneficiary taking in the bad contract for some picks and hopefully the player can be decent enough on our nhl squad. I’d even be willing to take on the Nurse contract if DEADMONTON gives us their entire farm and picks for the next 3 years 😂
Call me an optimist but I think the Flames will be better than most of you think. Contenders? No, but I think we can push for a playoff spot. It will all depend on our goaltending. You never know what is going to happen. Suppose Huberdeau gets back to a point per game. What if some of our young guys like Zary, Pospisal and others take the next step in their development. Look what happened in Vegas's first year. They had several players have breakout seasons. You just never know
Our D group is actually really solid. I was disappointed with Mark's take in that respect. We'll ride or die with Wolf, and if he's good we'll push for a playoff spot. Conroy picked up a lot of high risk - high reward players (Mantha + Huberdeau could be deadly, or it could be a double - no effort - painful to watch disaster), which is perfect for us in this stage. If they don't pan out we bottom feed and get high picks.
@@torrengustavsen7429 How is the D solid in your view? Traded all the solid D away! Andersson had an off year and Weegar, though he had a great point total wasn't solid defensively either. I think the D is the weakest group of forwards, D, and net.
@@justincase4812 Andersson and Weegar are top 4 Defensemen on any team in the league (perfect 2-3 guys. True, we don't have a Hughes or a Makar, but we've got good depth, better than most in my opinion). Miramanov showed flashes of being a top 4, but was really inconsistent, so we'll call him a 3-5. Pachal and Hanley are a pretty standard NHL bottom pairing. So really we're just missing one top 4 guy to have a legit top 6. Bean and Bahl have a good shot at being steady, but they're fringe top 4 candidates (career year required, much less likely than Miramanov). That leaves Poirier and Brzustewicz, who I really believe can play solid top 4 minutes if they get off to a good start. Just compare us to Boston. They really don't have much aside from Mcavoy and H. Lindholm, (Zadorov, Carlo, Peekie, Lohrei > Miramanov, Bahl, Bean, Brzustewicz? I'd say not much different), but they had a 109 point season (Helps to have Pasternak and 2 of the best goalies in the league obviously). I'd probably take Lindholm and Mcavoy over Weegar and Andersson, but not by much. Those two made a lot of mistakes disappear last season, and created a lot that the forward group mishandled. Very underrated.
2027 Mark I think that we could make the playoffs. I believe that Conroy (From Upstate NY like me), is going to weaponize our cap space maybe next offseason, especially if our younger guys are developing according to plan. If we can get Parekh up maybe next season, and he’s an everyday player, and develops his defensive game, we could be better as soon as next season. Not talking playoffs, but better and heading in the right direction. This upcoming season will be rough, but I think we’ll look good at times. In Conroy we trust.
Where in upstate NY brother? Grew up In Latham and had a camp in the adorandaks at schroon lake. My love for hockey came from my weekends in schroon lake
@@TATERNUTS1 I live in Norwich which is about 90 minutes from Latham, 45 from Cooperstown my girlfriend had an apartment in Latham when she went to Albany for her first Masters degree.
It is really hard for me to make an informed prediction on how much the Flames have fallen or improved after such massive changes. Especially without seeing them play any games yet. Our d' as it stands, is probably bottom 10 in the league at best. Our goaltending is a monster question mark and we don't have a ton of firepower up front. All these things should conspire to put us in a top ten draft position, which would suit me just fine. But you never know.
We lost 11 key players in the last 2 years and counting the 11 replacements and comparing goals we find the following ...players who left 167 Goals last year....Replacements only got 167 goal resulting in a massive drop of 0 goals going forward.
I disagree with people who say Wolf won't be good. He's young sure, but I keep hearing he's too small. Was the NHL all THAT different when Kiprusoff was still playing? He was "only" 6 ft 1 in., and for sure Wolf has the skill. For me the only negative is Wolf's experience level, and he'll start working on that this season.
@@sergant-mw5ukterrible argument. You saying the vegas goalies who won it are better than Kipper/Luongo and other greats because they were lucky enough to be on a great team?
@@MattBudYT we need to be realistic, the league has not just reduced the equipment of goalkeepers, but in order for them to miss more, this can only be compensated by the size of the player himself....
It doesn't really matter how bad they are this year. We don't have our own 1st round pick at the next draft. But I'm optimistic the Flames will turn it around relatively quickly, especially if Conny keeps having drafts like this year
From the team we had 2 years ago to now, its a rebuild, even if it wasn't said in public but that's what it is so we need to stop talking about the terminology and get to what we've done and in the future
I still believe we can make the playoffs Rebuild as our team still compete for the stanley cup playoffs && for kylington damn i really hope he loses control n crashes into the boards hard again 😂😂😂 love your vids 👌 keep em up
Hang on, AWFULLY questionable goaltending? Both Wolf and Vladar have lightning reflexes and are capable of stealing games. Mangiapane's departure leaves a scoring hole- also a spot for Pelletier, Coronato or someone else to step into. But hey, if the rest of the league underrates us, who cares?
I haven't missed a game in 14 years so tired of the future talk in hockey especially no guarantees with prospects we have cap space and a core we can be competitive and rebuild at the same time
Can Flames fans imagine rebuilding with Conor Bedard. Big mistake hiring Conroy. Dummy owner should have tanked in Trelivings last year, for Bedard. Will turn out like Rejean Houle destroying Montreal for 3 decades.
@@bigshitter9872 it really depends on whether we give him reps and what he does with those reps. You might be right and we’re putting all our eggs into Dustin Wolf, but we have to see how he develops being in the NHL for a full season even if he only gets say 30 starts this year.
@@justincase4812 current we don’t have a supporting D other than maybe Weegar, Miramanov, and Andersson. In a couple years I think we will. If Wolfie is sub 3 GAA and over .900 Save Percentage with this D it’s a win.
His play last year was not anywhere near elite or leaving one with the impression he could be elite. But many fans still wear the rose colored glasses until reality hits them.
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I think we can turn this around pretty quick. We are basically having double drafts in 3 straight years so that will load up the club with high drafted prospects.
We need to get a Monahan like deal that we did with Montreal instead we need to be the beneficiary taking in the bad contract for some picks and hopefully the player can be decent enough on our nhl squad. I’d even be willing to take on the Nurse contract if DEADMONTON gives us their entire farm and picks for the next 3 years 😂
Call me an optimist but I think the Flames will be better than most of you think. Contenders? No, but I think we can push for a playoff spot. It will all depend on our goaltending. You never know what is going to happen. Suppose Huberdeau gets back to a point per game. What if some of our young guys like Zary, Pospisal and others take the next step in their development. Look what happened in Vegas's first year. They had several players have breakout seasons. You just never know
Our D group is actually really solid. I was disappointed with Mark's take in that respect. We'll ride or die with Wolf, and if he's good we'll push for a playoff spot. Conroy picked up a lot of high risk - high reward players (Mantha + Huberdeau could be deadly, or it could be a double - no effort - painful to watch disaster), which is perfect for us in this stage. If they don't pan out we bottom feed and get high picks.
@@torrengustavsen7429 How is the D solid in your view? Traded all the solid D away! Andersson had an off year and Weegar, though he had a great point total wasn't solid defensively either. I think the D is the weakest group of forwards, D, and net.
@@justincase4812 Andersson and Weegar are top 4 Defensemen on any team in the league (perfect 2-3 guys. True, we don't have a Hughes or a Makar, but we've got good depth, better than most in my opinion). Miramanov showed flashes of being a top 4, but was really inconsistent, so we'll call him a 3-5. Pachal and Hanley are a pretty standard NHL bottom pairing. So really we're just missing one top 4 guy to have a legit top 6. Bean and Bahl have a good shot at being steady, but they're fringe top 4 candidates (career year required, much less likely than Miramanov). That leaves Poirier and Brzustewicz, who I really believe can play solid top 4 minutes if they get off to a good start. Just compare us to Boston. They really don't have much aside from Mcavoy and H. Lindholm, (Zadorov, Carlo, Peekie, Lohrei > Miramanov, Bahl, Bean, Brzustewicz? I'd say not much different), but they had a 109 point season (Helps to have Pasternak and 2 of the best goalies in the league obviously). I'd probably take Lindholm and Mcavoy over Weegar and Andersson, but not by much. Those two made a lot of mistakes disappear last season, and created a lot that the forward group mishandled. Very underrated.
I implore conroy to take bad contract’s so we can cash in on other teams misery lol
Me as well!🔥🔥🔥Would be the best thing to do right now
Wolf is going to see a lot of shots this year, that's for sure.
2027 Mark I think that we could make the playoffs. I believe that Conroy (From Upstate NY like me), is going to weaponize our cap space maybe next offseason, especially if our younger guys are developing according to plan. If we can get Parekh up maybe next season, and he’s an everyday player, and develops his defensive game, we could be better as soon as next season. Not talking playoffs, but better and heading in the right direction. This upcoming season will be rough, but I think we’ll look good at times. In Conroy we trust.
Absolutely love it! 🔥🔥
Where in upstate NY brother? Grew up In Latham and had a camp in the adorandaks at schroon lake. My love for hockey came from my weekends in schroon lake
@@TATERNUTS1 I live in Norwich which is about 90 minutes from Latham, 45 from Cooperstown my girlfriend had an apartment in Latham when she went to Albany for her first Masters degree.
I heard Kylington's camp was offered a 4yr deal, But the deal was taken off the table at once the team acquired another player
It is really hard for me to make an informed prediction on how much the Flames have fallen or improved after such massive changes. Especially without seeing them play any games yet.
Our d' as it stands, is probably bottom 10 in the league at best. Our goaltending is a monster question mark and we don't have a ton of firepower up front.
All these things should conspire to put us in a top ten draft position, which would suit me just fine. But you never know.
You never really know. Hockey defies logic on occasion
@@FlamesDigest It does, I guess that is why they play the games. ;-)
We lost 11 key players in the last 2 years and counting the 11 replacements and comparing goals we find the following ...players who left 167 Goals last year....Replacements only got 167 goal resulting in a massive drop of 0 goals going forward.
I disagree with people who say Wolf won't be good. He's young sure, but I keep hearing he's too small. Was the NHL all THAT different when Kiprusoff was still playing? He was "only" 6 ft 1 in., and for sure Wolf has the skill. For me the only negative is Wolf's experience level, and he'll start working on that this season.
and how many cups has Kiprusoff won?
@@sergant-mw5ukterrible argument. You saying the vegas goalies who won it are better than Kipper/Luongo and other greats because they were lucky enough to be on a great team?
@@MattBudYT we need to be realistic, the league has not just reduced the equipment of goalkeepers, but in order for them to miss more, this can only be compensated by the size of the player himself....
It doesn't really matter how bad they are this year. We don't have our own 1st round pick at the next draft. But I'm optimistic the Flames will turn it around relatively quickly, especially if Conny keeps having drafts like this year
We probably will have our first round pick, unless Florida has a hooner
If flames finish bottom 10, they keep the pick
@@FlamesDigest just read all the conditions for the picks, crazy. But that's good to know!
95% chance MTL gets Florida's pick, Less than 5% chance MTL get Flames pick. The worse the Flames are the safer
From the team we had 2 years ago to now, its a rebuild, even if it wasn't said in public but that's what it is so we need to stop talking about the terminology and get to what we've done and in the future
I still believe we can make the playoffs Rebuild as our team still compete for the stanley cup playoffs && for kylington damn i really hope he loses control n crashes into the boards hard again 😂😂😂 love your vids 👌 keep em up
@@AlGrundauFlamesTroll we can sweep the Oilers easily mcClown won't have a chance
Hang on, AWFULLY questionable goaltending? Both Wolf and Vladar have lightning reflexes and are capable of stealing games. Mangiapane's departure leaves a scoring hole- also a spot for Pelletier, Coronato or someone else to step into. But hey, if the rest of the league underrates us, who cares?
As soon as a guy has some serious success, he wants out of Calgary. No way the flames ever contend.
I haven't missed a game in 14 years so tired of the future talk in hockey especially no guarantees with prospects we have cap space and a core we can be competitive and rebuild at the same time
Can Flames fans imagine rebuilding with Conor Bedard. Big mistake hiring Conroy. Dummy owner should have tanked in Trelivings last year, for Bedard. Will turn out like Rejean Houle destroying Montreal for 3 decades.
I don’t think we could have out tanked the blackhawks and sharks. Either way the draft lottery would have had chicago winning
60 points ! Move Huberdeau, even if you need to eat 5 million on a season
There's bo one that will take his contract over unless we give up some 1st round picks with him just to move him
I don’t think wolf will ever be a bonifde nhl starting goalie
@@bigshitter9872 it really depends on whether we give him reps and what he does with those reps. You might be right and we’re putting all our eggs into Dustin Wolf, but we have to see how he develops being in the NHL for a full season even if he only gets say 30 starts this year.
Agree. He is a goalie who needs a solid D supporting cast, which this team doesn't have atm.
@@justincase4812 current we don’t have a supporting D other than maybe Weegar, Miramanov, and Andersson. In a couple years I think we will. If Wolfie is sub 3 GAA and over .900 Save Percentage with this D it’s a win.
He could succeed on a strong team but how can he be asked to carry a bad one. I feel bad for him
His play last year was not anywhere near elite or leaving one with the impression he could be elite.
But many fans still wear the rose colored glasses until reality hits them.