What may the Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets may very well be considering forward of the commerce deadline?
Sportsnet: Frank Seravalli on if the Calgary Flames are going to be consumers or sellers on the NHL commerce deadline, and what the Winnipeg Jets may very well be considering.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Nick Kypreos: “Gotta ask you about Winnipeg and Calgary when it comes to the expectations going into the commerce deadline. We all know Winnipeg is in a unique place than Calgary, however low and behold, Calgary is man, proper there within the thick of issues as effectively. So what are you listening to on these, these fronts?”
Seravalli: “Properly, the Flames are simply affected person. They’ve been a scrappy crew. They’ve been to me, one of the enjoyable groups to look at within the league, as a result of I feel they actually perceive what they’ve and what their identification is. And so they don’t actually attempt to do an excessive amount of. They’re hardly enjoying over their heads, which I feel has been a very necessary aspect of this season. And so they additionally appear actually snug regardless of the state of affairs, down, up, no matter it’s.
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They’ve received sufficient vets there that they’ve pulled that group collectively. The tradition is night time and day totally different, I feel, from this 12 months to final. And I feel they’re a crew that’s going to stay proper in it up till the very finish.
So far as what which means for the commerce deadline, it in all probability implies that there’s not going to be a hearth sale, which is disappointing to a variety of groups I’m positive. Will they’ve to contemplate a name or two if it is available in asking for Rasmus Andersson, or no matter that market seems like? Yeah, Craig Conroy goes to have to contemplate every little thing that comes throughout his plate for the Calgary Flames. However I, I don’t suppose they’re in a posture or place the place they’d need to do one thing.
And I feel the larger half in relation to Winnipeg is asking the query of Kevin Cheveldayoff, who took a pair large swings final 12 months. Though the costs weren’t exorbitantly excessive, nonetheless definitely paid a reasonably first rate penny to usher in the blokes that he did that made fast modifications that basically didn’t impression that crew within the playoffs.
So look, I feel Winnipeg for the beginning that they’d, after which the virtually anticipated downturn and got here, you realize, come again to Earth, I nonetheless just like the Jets, truly, in the event you’re some odds and Borne, I do know you’re throughout this. Like Jets as a President’s Trophy winner. I imply points-wise, gold differential-wise, I don’t know why that wouldn’t be a crew that you just’d be excited about when it comes to skill to make a run for that as the highest crew within the West or in your entire NHL within the common season. I feel they’re fairly uniquely positioned for that with Connor Hellebuyck.
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And I simply surprise, I don’t, once more, don’t know precisely what Kevin Cheveldayoff’s considering. However once you, once you do exit final 12 months, and make the additions that you just did after which don’t discover success within the playoffs, do you flip across the subsequent 12 months and say, ‘possibly much less is extra.’ Possibly we have now a very good crew, and don’t want to do this. I don’t know.”
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