Tuesday, June 30, 2009
My Christmas List
No deal with Bouwmeester (though I'm not going to stomp my feet if he signs). Pardy for $2.5M over 3 years. Steve Sullivan for ~$2M/yr X 2 or 3 years. Kent Huskins (or thereabouts) for $1.6M over 2 years. Jason Labarbera for 1 or 2 years at under $1M/yr. And a minor trade: Miikka Kiprusoff for Ryan Smyth
Why it Could Happen:
Kipper's struggles have been monitored at some length at this site over the past two seasons. Darryl Sutter might be the only guy, along with some true-believing fellow Flames fans, who think he's a good bet to be an above-average goalie going forward.
But maybe if I close my eyes and wish really, really hard....
Why it Could Happen:
- Flames and Avs have a long history of dealing with each other
- Flames (based on years of rumours) have a long-standing desire to acquire Smyth; it was apparently pretty close to happening in July '07
- Their cap and salary numbers are pretty close (Kipper is $5.3M avg. salary, $5.83 cap hit for 5 more years; Smyth is $5.5M avg. salary, $6.25M cap hit for 3 more years)
- Avs have been unstable and/or poor in goal for several years; probably tired of it! Kipper has a Vezina, two near-misses, and a Conn Smythe near-miss too
- Given bullet #2 above, and that the Avs have been trying to move Smyth for a while, he'd likely waive his NTC to come to Calgary
- The Avs have had a positive recent experience with the rejuvenation of a former Vezina winner
Kipper's struggles have been monitored at some length at this site over the past two seasons. Darryl Sutter might be the only guy, along with some true-believing fellow Flames fans, who think he's a good bet to be an above-average goalie going forward.
But maybe if I close my eyes and wish really, really hard....
# posted by Matt @ 3:14 pm 
Comments:
Any move this offseason that results in Kipper moving one way and value-for-money moving the other way is okay by me.
How come you don't want to sign Bouwmeester? Looking forward to 10/11?
As an Oilers fan, watching Smyth flip pucks to that little kid with the fake red beard after a pre-game skate would probably be too much to bear.
Andy, you're just disappointed that you won't see Smyth in a Calgary jersey...
Pretty sure I would actually puke in my mouth if that happened.
Smyth could never be a Flame. 'Real men' dont cry when they get caught up in a trade they pretty much brought upon themselves..
And I would love to see Jokinen moved. Then I'd be good
But 'real men' who cry when faced with suspensions/civil suits/criminal charges that they pretty much brought upon themselves are the true stuff of the Calgary Flames?
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Any move this offseason that results in Kipper moving one way and value-for-money moving the other way is okay by me.
How come you don't want to sign Bouwmeester? Looking forward to 10/11?
As an Oilers fan, watching Smyth flip pucks to that little kid with the fake red beard after a pre-game skate would probably be too much to bear.
Andy, you're just disappointed that you won't see Smyth in a Calgary jersey...
Pretty sure I would actually puke in my mouth if that happened.
Smyth could never be a Flame. 'Real men' dont cry when they get caught up in a trade they pretty much brought upon themselves..
And I would love to see Jokinen moved. Then I'd be good
But 'real men' who cry when faced with suspensions/civil suits/criminal charges that they pretty much brought upon themselves are the true stuff of the Calgary Flames?
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