What might the Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets might be pondering 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 might be pondering.
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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 special 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 staff. They’ve been to me, some 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 id is. They usually don’t actually attempt to do an excessive amount of. They’re infrequently enjoying over their heads, which I feel has been a extremely vital side of this season. They usually additionally appear actually comfy irrespective of the scenario, 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 evening and day completely different, I feel, from this 12 months to final. And I feel they’re a staff 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 signifies that there’s not going to be a hearth sale, which is disappointing to a variety of groups I’m certain. Will they’ve to contemplate a name or two if it is available in asking for Rasmus Andersson, or no matter that market appears to be like 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 assume they’re in a posture or place the place they’d need to do one thing.
And I feel the larger half in the case of 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 actually paid a reasonably first rate penny to usher in the fellows that he did that made speedy adjustments that basically didn’t affect that staff 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, really, if you happen to’re taking a look at 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 staff that you just’d be fascinated by when it comes to means to make a run for that as the highest staff 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 pondering. However while you, while 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, ‘perhaps much less is extra.’ Possibly we’ve got a great staff, and don’t want to try this. I don’t know.”
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