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Team: 2020-21 Calgary Flames
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20$81,500,000$65,426,666$0$457,500$16,073,334
Left WingCentreRight Wing
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$4,000,000$4,000,000
LW
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$4,850,000$4,850,000
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UFA - 4
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$7,000,000$7,000,000
RW
UFA - 2
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$6,750,000$6,750,000
LW
UFA - 2
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$6,375,000$6,375,000
C, LW, RW
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UFA - 3
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$2,425,000$2,425,000
RW, LW
UFA - 2
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$6,500,000$6,500,000
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NMC
UFA - 7
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$2,550,000$2,550,000
C
UFA - 1
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$778,333$778,333 (Performance Bonus$32,500$32K)
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RFA - 1
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$700,000$700,000
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UFA - 1
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UFA - 1
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$875,000$875,000
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UFA - 1
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RD
UFA - 6
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$6,000,000$6,000,000
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NMC
UFA - 6
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$1,237,500$1,237,500
LD
UFA - 4
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$1,125,000$1,125,000
RD
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UFA - 4
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$1,375,000$1,375,000
G
UFA - 1
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$894,166$894,166 (Performance Bonus$425,000$425K)
LD
RFA - 1
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$700,000$700,000
LD
UFA - 1
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$3,125,000$3,125,000
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UFA - 1
Taxi Squad
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$787,500$787,500 ($0$0$0$0)
LD/RD
UFA - 1
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$725,000$725,000 ($0$0$0$0)
C
UFA - 2
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$700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0)
RW
UFA - 1
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$700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0)
RD
UFA - 1
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$700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0)
G
UFA - 1
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$700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0)
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UFA - 1
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RW
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Feb. 26, 2021 at 2:28 p.m.
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Other than Backlund that is a whole lot of absolutely nothing going the other way in this deal.
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Feb. 26, 2021 at 2:29 p.m.
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Calgary has problems in the locker room and now you want to add taylor hall?
Feb. 26, 2021 at 2:31 p.m.
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So, you’ll just take Taylor Hall and Jeff Skinner and hand Buffalo a giant pile of ****? Backlund is a decent player, but Parsons has fallen off the face of the earth since winning the world junior gold medal. Lucic is a somewhat useful contract dump, and I know nothing about your prospect in this deal. Oh, and what will inevitably be a late second round pick. Cool.
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Feb. 26, 2021 at 2:32 p.m.
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Lol that Skinner contract Ughhhhhhh
Feb. 26, 2021 at 2:37 p.m.
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Calgary has problems in the locker room and now you want to add taylor hall?


What?
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Feb. 26, 2021 at 2:40 p.m.
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Lol that Skinner contract Ughhhhhhh


Jeff Skinner is what he is - an offensive finisher, reliant on others to create opportunities for him.

Skinner has always been that player, and will always be that player.

In 59 games last season, plus 14 games this season, Skinner has just 14 goals. That comes after a 40-goal season that earned him an eight-year contract worth $9 million annually.

It is too simplistic and shortsighted to just look at the goal totals and declare that Skinner is not performing. I would argue that Skinner is overachieving, given the impossible situation Ralph Krueger has put him in.

In the 2019-20 season, Skinner's most common linemates were not an impressive group of offensive creators:

1.) Marcus Johansson (336:03)
2.) Conor Sheary (211:46)
3.) Evan Rodrigues (166:16)
4.) Vladimir Sobotka (160:54)

Despite playing almost entirely with a group of players that averages 36 points per-82 games combined in their careers, Skinner somehow managed to lead the Buffalo Sabres in goals per-60 minutes of ice-time at 5-on-5.

Yes, you read that right.

In the 2019-20 season at 5-on-5, Skinner had the most goals on the Sabres per-60 minutes of ice-time. More than Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart, and Victor Olofsson.

Skinner produced with subpar help, without getting a proper amount of ice-time.

In 2019-20, Skinner averaged just 13:28 of 5-on-5 ice time per game. His lowest amount in five years.

Fast forward to the 2020-21 season, and Krueger, once again, has put Skinner in an impossible position. From the start of the season, Skinner has skated with Curtis Lazar and Riley Sheahan. Two of the worst offensive players on the team.

The difference this season is Skinner has not scored at all.

However, now is not the time to panic.

Skinner is not experiencing the career decline that Kyle Okposo has gone through, for example.

In fact, Skinner's rate of high-danger scoring chances per-60 minutes this season is actually higher than each of his first two years with the Sabres. This includes his 40-goal season back in the 2018-19 campaign.

Okposo, for comparison, is averaging a career-low 2.01 high-danger scoring chances per-60 minutes. It's a sign that goals are not going to come.

Skinner, meanwhile, is creating nearly triple the scoring chances that Okposo is, with 5.74 per-60 minutes.

Simply put, Skinner is unlucky.

If Krueger was trying to be predictive instead of reactionary, he would be playing Skinner big minutes at the top of the lineup and not sticking him in the press box.

Let's also end this narrative that Skinner doesn't help the Sabres if he's not scoring.

Skinner ranks first on the Sabres per-60 minutes in penalties drawn, takeaways, rebounds created, and he has the third-most blocked shots among forwards.

The shot block total is definitely a fluke, if looking at the rest of Skinner's career, but the other categories are constants in his game.

Getting the most out of Skinner is critical for whoever the Sabres head coach is in the future. He is under contract through 2027 at $9 million per-year. Like it or not, Skinner is here and isn't going anywhere.

It is vital for the head coach to find a way to make it work. Krueger should be doing everything in his power to get Skinner scoring.

So far, Krueger's way of getting the most out of Skinner is to keep him far away from the Sabres' other top offensive players, and then punish him when he doesn't score with a guy who was signed to a PTO (professional tryout) a month ago.

The solution is sitting there right in front of Krueger. It's the only thing he hasn't tried with Skinner since he walked through the door as the head coach in Buffalo - Giving Skinner extended playing time with, at least, one of the top forwards at driving offensive play. That's Eichel, Reinhart and/or Taylor Hall. - https://www.radio.com/wgr550/sports/sabres/jeff-skinner-is-not-underperforming-he-is-underutilized
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Feb. 26, 2021 at 2:42 p.m.
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What?


Hall has been an issue with team culture in the past. Calgary players are all screwed up and fighting with each other because they are losing you add hall and it doesn't exactly stabilize things.
Feb. 26, 2021 at 2:49 p.m.
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Jeff Skinner is what he is - an offensive finisher, reliant on others to create opportunities for him.

Skinner has always been that player, and will always be that player.

In 59 games last season, plus 14 games this season, Skinner has just 14 goals. That comes after a 40-goal season that earned him an eight-year contract worth $9 million annually.

It is too simplistic and shortsighted to just look at the goal totals and declare that Skinner is not performing. I would argue that Skinner is overachieving, given the impossible situation Ralph Krueger has put him in.

In the 2019-20 season, Skinner's most common linemates were not an impressive group of offensive creators:

1.) Marcus Johansson (336:03)
2.) Conor Sheary (211:46)
3.) Evan Rodrigues (166:16)
4.) Vladimir Sobotka (160:54)

Despite playing almost entirely with a group of players that averages 36 points per-82 games combined in their careers, Skinner somehow managed to lead the Buffalo Sabres in goals per-60 minutes of ice-time at 5-on-5.

Yes, you read that right.

In the 2019-20 season at 5-on-5, Skinner had the most goals on the Sabres per-60 minutes of ice-time. More than Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart, and Victor Olofsson.

Skinner produced with subpar help, without getting a proper amount of ice-time.

In 2019-20, Skinner averaged just 13:28 of 5-on-5 ice time per game. His lowest amount in five years.

Fast forward to the 2020-21 season, and Krueger, once again, has put Skinner in an impossible position. From the start of the season, Skinner has skated with Curtis Lazar and Riley Sheahan. Two of the worst offensive players on the team.

The difference this season is Skinner has not scored at all.

However, now is not the time to panic.

Skinner is not experiencing the career decline that Kyle Okposo has gone through, for example.

In fact, Skinner's rate of high-danger scoring chances per-60 minutes this season is actually higher than each of his first two years with the Sabres. This includes his 40-goal season back in the 2018-19 campaign.

Okposo, for comparison, is averaging a career-low 2.01 high-danger scoring chances per-60 minutes. It's a sign that goals are not going to come.

Skinner, meanwhile, is creating nearly triple the scoring chances that Okposo is, with 5.74 per-60 minutes.

Simply put, Skinner is unlucky.

If Krueger was trying to be predictive instead of reactionary, he would be playing Skinner big minutes at the top of the lineup and not sticking him in the press box.

Let's also end this narrative that Skinner doesn't help the Sabres if he's not scoring.

Skinner ranks first on the Sabres per-60 minutes in penalties drawn, takeaways, rebounds created, and he has the third-most blocked shots among forwards.

The shot block total is definitely a fluke, if looking at the rest of Skinner's career, but the other categories are constants in his game.

Getting the most out of Skinner is critical for whoever the Sabres head coach is in the future. He is under contract through 2027 at $9 million per-year. Like it or not, Skinner is here and isn't going anywhere.

It is vital for the head coach to find a way to make it work. Krueger should be doing everything in his power to get Skinner scoring.

So far, Krueger's way of getting the most out of Skinner is to keep him far away from the Sabres' other top offensive players, and then punish him when he doesn't score with a guy who was signed to a PTO (professional tryout) a month ago.

The solution is sitting there right in front of Krueger. It's the only thing he hasn't tried with Skinner since he walked through the door as the head coach in Buffalo - Giving Skinner extended playing time with, at least, one of the top forwards at driving offensive play. That's Eichel, Reinhart and/or Taylor Hall. - https://www.radio.com/wgr550/sports/sabres/jeff-skinner-is-not-underperforming-he-is-underutilized


You should definitely keep him then. He is one of the worst defensive players in the league and yes has 14 goals in the last 75 games. So to be nice we will say he would have scored 15 goals in a whole season, while being brutal and paying 9 million per year for the next 100 years.
Feb. 26, 2021 at 2:59 p.m.
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Other than Backlund that is a whole lot of absolutely nothing going the other way in this deal.


are you kidding me, Lucic is 4th in goals on CGY tears of joy

what it even says about the team when that's true.
Feb. 26, 2021 at 3:03 p.m.
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You should definitely keep him then. He is one of the worst defensive players in the league and yes has 14 goals in the last 75 games. So to be nice we will say he would have scored 15 goals in a whole season, while being brutal and paying 9 million per year for the next 100 years.


I've repeatedly said I have no issue keeping him. Him and Krueger need to have an airing of grievances so he can get back to putting up 30 goals
Feb. 26, 2021 at 3:18 p.m.
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are you kidding me, Lucic is 4th in goals on CGY tears of joy

what it even says about the team when that's true.


So you're saying there is value? That's your wild valuation then.

What is even says about you? He said in comprehensible English!
Feb. 26, 2021 at 6:30 p.m.
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So you're saying there is value? That's your wild valuation then.

What is even says about you? He said in comprehensible English!


ffs that's all I can say ffs. I even put a tears of joy
Feb. 26, 2021 at 7:10 p.m.
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No thx
Feb. 26, 2021 at 8:43 p.m.
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ffs that's all I can say ffs. I even put a tears of joy


You put a kids emoji and talk in acronyms you want people to take what you say seriously... come on dude. You can do better than that. Either you’re trying to convince people you’re not all there or you’re so insecure in what you have to say that you need to prop yourself up with talking like an infant. Up to you pal!
Feb. 26, 2021 at 9:29 p.m.
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You put a kids emoji and talk in acronyms you want people to take what you say seriously... come on dude. You can do better than that. Either you’re trying to convince people you’re not all there or you’re so insecure in what you have to say that you need to prop yourself up with talking like an infant. Up to you pal!


or sarcasm is lost on idiots. one or the other really
Feb. 26, 2021 at 9:36 p.m.
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or sarcasm is lost on idiots. one or the other really


I feel like I’ve seen you on here before and don’t you cheer for the Pens...? Did you not just take the position of dumping on Lucic cause he is 4th in goals on the Flames? Is that not the exact same spot he’d be in on the Penguins? Guentzel, Rust, Crosby.. only guys with more, and the you want to try call other people dumb? You talked yourself into your own grave here
Feb. 26, 2021 at 9:50 p.m.
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Wy would Backlund or Lucic never waive their NTC/NMC to go to a team that's only slightly worse than CGY?
 
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