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Mitch11

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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 2, 2018 at 5:39 p.m.
Thread: Develop from within like the good teams do
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Mitch11</b></div><div>If they want a defensemen like that, why take Tkachuk when Evan Bouchard might be available? He has been playing great. I know it does not necessary help right away but it will help in the future. I agree with everything else that you said. However, I would switch RNH and Draisaitl in your lines, at least for a while. i also think it might be nice to get an experienced guy to help lead the team. I am not sure who...</div></div>

We also don't have top wingers right now so if Puljujarvi and Yamamoto develop like we hope they will, and Drai/RNH play LW, we are missing 1 LW spot in the top 6. Thats why Tkachuck or Zadina in my opinion. I prefer Drai over RNH as 2C because I think Drai is better able to check big centres like Crosby Kopitar Getzlaf than McD or RNH. Think playoff series against the Ducks last year. But we haven't seen RNH as a winger yet so I don't know for sure!

Thats a good point and a thought I have also had. But for next year we do have Sekera and Russell. The following year if we trade both of them we have Talbot 32yo, Larsson/Klefbom/RNH all 26/27yo, Milan Lucic (if we keep him) 32yo, Kassian 29yo. So thats probably enough experience/age if a couple of those guys are the guys to speak up and be a leader in the dressing room. I hear Larsson is and thats why he was given the 'A'
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 17, 2017 at 7:18 p.m.
Thread: Flames...Not much to do
So a few issues...

1st - Brouwer is not a 1st line RW'r - was barely earning 4th line minutes last year so 3rd at the best - Ferland was in the 1st line RW position at the end of last season...
2nd - So we are going to pass on re-signing Sam Bennett? Kulak?
3rd - Andersson is not ready for full time NHL duty - but if he was he is RD not LD...
4th - and last - Poirier is listed as a LW'r but actually plays his off wing so RW

Summary - the reason Calgary has not signed 1 of the many available RW'rs is due to a log jam of prospects - a vet RW might get a PTO just incase none of the prospects or invested in guys fail to step up but to sign a vet now would be sending a negative message to our existing guys...

Locked for the top 9 include... JH - Mony - Ferland (even if not 1st line) - Bennett (when re-signed) - Backs - Frolik - Thachuk... so 7 ... 2 open spots...

The Earn it guys = Lazar - Versteeg - Brouwer (3)

Then you have the rookies looking to earn a spot... Janko - Foo - Poirier - Mangi (my personal vote for dark horse) - Pribyl - Shinkaruk - Klimchuk (7 with at least 2 being NHL ready)...

At the beginning of last year RW was Calgary's biggest weakness... Due to "overcompensation" this is almost as deep if not deeper than C and the weakness now is LW...