Outside of #2, really not that much of interest here. Flames pass, re-sign Tkachuk, and name him captain instead

I'd rather re-sign Lemieux for half of Johnsson's cap hit and keep him twice as long, and still come out ahead of the game.

Flames decline

There are sixteen (16) wingers that are NHL ready or have NHL experience in the Columbus Blue Jackets organization. Over half of those are top-6 capable or (in four cases) are expected to have top-6 upside.

Where are we going to put Tatar?



EDIT: For those who think I'm exaggerating.

Here are the top-6 wingers who absolutely have a spot there: Laine, Voracek, Nyquist, Bjorkstrand, Texier.
Here are the wingers who have top-6 upside and/or could play there: Johnson, Marchenko, Chinakhov, Bemstrom.
Here's everyone else: Foudy, Fix-Wolansky, Gaunce, Olivier, Meyer, Danforth, Robinson.

We're hoping to try to move Texier and/or Johnson to center.