The Flames won’t rush to name a new GM and you can’t use the word rebuild
Eric Francis from SportsnetThere is no set timeline for when the Calgary Flames will name their next GM, according to the president of hockey operations and interim general manager. Don Maloney. They’ll have a long list of GM candidates to sort through that will include Flames GMs Craig Conroy and Brad Pascal.
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The Flames’ culture needs to fix this off-season. They have seven starters who will be free agents after next season and some want out now. Could there be a rebuild or retooling coming?
“I am never allowed to use the word rebuild,” said President and CEO John Bean.
The Ottawa Senators will need to find a goalie for the offseason
Bruce Jarioch from the Ottawa Sun: Ottawa Senators GM Pierre Dorion wasn’t too happy with the scoring as a whole this past season. They used seven different goalkeepers.
Dorion said they will look at the free agent and commercial market to see what is available. They will look for someone to share time with Anton Forsbergwho should be ready to come back from the MCL tears.
Mads Sugard He looks like the goalkeeper of the future.
“He will be our future goalkeeper whenever possible,” Dorion said. “It might be next year. It might be two years from now. But I know he has the tools and the mentality to be a good No. 1 in this league.
“We know we have some good prospects, but we have to find a solution at the moment.”
The market for this goaltender is “thin” according to NHL executives.
If senators are willing to go the trade route, how willing are they to give up? Anaheim Ducks Goalkeeper John Gibson Four years left at $6.4 million. 899 save percentage and a 3.99 GAA.
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Los Angeles Kings goalkeeper Jonas Corbesalo He is a UFA suspended and the Senators kicked a tire on him at the trade deadline.
Other suspended goalkeepers of UFA at Anthony CarpenterAnd Alex Stallock And Frederick Andersen.