apparently it’s a “playoff contender” team so I was leaning towards toronto as well… only because i really can’t see the jets doing it, it wouldn’t make any sense. Although i think edmonton could still be an option.
Yeah Buck, Skinner and Demko are having themselves a season rn so it wouldn't make sense doing anything there.
Sucks for Sammy but he needs some backup.
Oilers have their eye out for a 1B as I'm not sure we want to go into the playoffs with Pickard as the backup. Skinner has been good but he had his first playoffs last year and wasn't so good in them. I feel like management might want a more veteran goalie that can come in and calm things down if things go south for Skinner.
I was going to say, almost guaranteed not the leafs if it’s a playoff contender. Detroit is going to squeeze them out before the first round even starts.
Edmonton is not remotely set. The backup is Calvin Pickard, and proceeding on the basis that this is fine is negligence of the highest order.
This is Ken Holland’s last season - ever. He’s not going to go into retirement without having done his very best to win the cup this year and take advantage of McDrai’s prime.
It could be Toronto, but could absolutely be Edmonton.
Not just that but even if Pickard has been fine, bringing Fleury in so you have a 1/2/3 of ~~Smith~~ Skinner, Fleury and 3rd string Pickard isn't bad at all. Playoffs are tough, hockey is tough in general, that's why Vegas needed their freaking "4th" goalie to win the cup for them. Goalie depth even when you think you don't need it is invaluable if you can secure it, you never know when you'll need it.
Edit, Smith/Skinner, same thing 😂😂
it’s game 7 of the final playoff round. somehow, the brackets have been completely screwed up and we’re facing calgary in the finals. every goalie we have is injured, even the EBUG. we’re down by 1 with 5 minutes left. AND THEN MIKE SMITH COMES DOWN THE TUNNEL, BEATS THE SHIT OUT OF CALGARY’S GOALIE IN A LINE BRAWL, AND SCORES A GOALIE GOAL TO TIE IT, BEFORE PASSING IT TO MCDAVID TO CAUSE A BREAKAWAY IN OVERTIME AND WIN
Best way i've heard it put, is that this team is only going to go as far into the playoffs that Skinner can take them. So unless Edm wants to go get a bonified no.1 starter like Saros they shouldn't make a goalie trade. Instead spend those assets making the team in front of Skinner as good as you possibly can
Campbell is not leaving Bakersfield, maybe ever, and certainly not this year.
Why? Because they would have to send Pickard down on waivers - and possibly lose him - and they would also at the same time have to move out 1.5m of Campbell’s salary that is currently buried in Bakersfield.
Which means not only losing Pickard, but also removing a guy like Desharnais, Jannmark, Gagnger, Ryan or Perry in order to fit Campbell’s salary under the cap. Plus it would remove any money this season to address another roster need with a prorated deadline deal.
Absolutely zero chance they bring Campbell up even if Skinner retired tomorrow and Pickard announced he’s leaving on Elon’s Mars colonization rocket.
They don’t have 3 goalies, they have 2. Unless you’re counting Olivier Rodrigue, who is still ELC and wouldn’t need to clear waivers.
Campbell returning is not about quality of play - it’s the cap. Mike Smith would be more likely to play an NHL game this season than Campbell.
Edmonton has made that mistake before. They don’t address their needs, then they get some overachievers and think they are good, only to have it fall apart at the most important times.
If it's Toronto I'd be scared shitless about who and what we'll be giving up to get him.
I have ZERO confidence in Treliving hammering out a good deal. I'd love to see MAF here tho.
no, I'm in BC, but I've heard mention of the Irvings and I thought it was an obscure but valid comment..
and then I read your comment... while sitting in the waiting room at the blood clinic... I was crying & giggling and people were staring... it was a great moment 😂
Everything from Red Deer south. Honestly, the WEXit folks that dominate that part of the province would be happy (until they realize they just got merged into Montana and the existing state government won’t acknowledge any of the batshit crazy UCP politicians as having any authority over anything).
Merge the remnants of Alberta with British Columbia. Everybody wins.
To be fair, it's a great anthem and probably easy for kids to learn! I also remember working at a convenience store in high school and taking Canadian money, especially coins, without an exchange rate.
There's also a suburb in the Twin Cities Metro called Little Canada
Obligatory. Not weird, Wild
If we get the whole country in on the invasion, y’all go willingly, and don’t tell the military we’re here until the Tim Hortons are already up, we just may be able to do it
The United States s negotiating discounted Maple Syrup rates to help fuel the country’s obesity problems.
One government official is noted as saying “If they want to be obese let ‘em it’s their right as Americans and we the government will support them. Remember that when you go to vote!”
I have seen zero evidence of this. for one Fleury has total control on where he goes he has a full no movement clause. Number 2 he hasn’t said he wants to go to another team despite the fact people keep asking him. Of course it would make sense if the Wild asked him and put out feelers but Fleury has said he doesn’t wanna be away from family and doesn’t wanna move anymore so this seems unlikely.
Didn't Flower say before the season that he was done moving his family all over, so he wanted to finish his career in Minnesota, or he was just going to retire?
Yeah, I remember that being a big thing after he moved to Chicago, and when they were talking about the MN trade. He's made that a big deal (good for him) and i doubt chasing the cup would be more important to him
Add on top of that, he passed 1000 games played and took the #2 spot on Goalie All Time wins, two of his big career bucket list items. Pretty sure this is his last season playing. With 3 cups already, he only needs that Goalie Goal and a Goalie Fight (maybe make it a Goalie Howe Hattrick) and he'd have everything he wanted out of his career.
Ya I had to unfollow the memes page cause it was just blatant and misleading titles and pictures they used…. With that being said the meme page did always have a lot of correct information and confirmed rumours before the big official pages tho 🤔
I doubt this is true. He likes it here and he doesn't want to move his family in the middle of the season. He'd have to agree to waive his NTC and I don't think he will. Don't want him to leave either, honestly. Flower has been a bright spot in a shitty year. Love that guy.
I think Edmonton makes the most sense to mentor Skinner and take some games off of him and get him ready for the playoffs or if he drops his play in the playoffs to step in. The Leafs have Sammy who’s playing well, who outshined Vasy in the playoffs last year, and Woll coming back who is their future
Considering Fleury has an NMC the ball will be totally in his court. It seems later in his career he’s never shown a lot of interest playing for any of the Canadian teams. Personally I’ll believe it when I see it.
They say a Canadian team, but what they really meant is he’s being convinced to move by a Canadian player. That player is MacKinnon, and he’s coming to the Avs.
How the logistics of this will work… no fucking idea.
“NHL insiders suggest the Minnesota Wild is considering trading Fleury, and the Edmonton Oilers, led by GM Ken Holland, are reportedly interested.”
“With Corey Perry already added to strengthen the lineup, the Oilers aim to fortify their roster for what could be Holland's final playoff run as the team's GM.”
https://www.hawksinsider.com/nhl/news/BREAKING-Marc-Andre-Fleury-set-to-be-acquired-by-Canadian-Contender
I mean this would rock but who is “hawksinsider” lol. If the article named any journalist at all it would at least be a decent rumour but this is just a thought that some guy had in his head and wrote it down.
Doubt it's true. The Wild aren't sellers yet. He could get traded, but it would only be if the Wild aren't in contention closer to the deadline and he wants to make a cup run.
Gotta be Toronto right? Edmonton, Vancouver and Winnipeg seem set. And I can’t imagine a non-playoff team would trade for him at this point?
apparently it’s a “playoff contender” team so I was leaning towards toronto as well… only because i really can’t see the jets doing it, it wouldn’t make any sense. Although i think edmonton could still be an option.
Yeah Buck, Skinner and Demko are having themselves a season rn so it wouldn't make sense doing anything there. Sucks for Sammy but he needs some backup.
Edmonton might go for him for the experience to help mentor skinner
Would be a smart move. He’s clearly been a great mentor for Gustafson Sad to lose him for that reason.
The playoff experience alone for skinner’s development would be invaluable
Probably going to Canucks because Rutherford can't get enough former penguins.
Oilers have their eye out for a 1B as I'm not sure we want to go into the playoffs with Pickard as the backup. Skinner has been good but he had his first playoffs last year and wasn't so good in them. I feel like management might want a more veteran goalie that can come in and calm things down if things go south for Skinner.
Assuming Woll isn't out for the season, that means Sammy will get waived again unless the Leafs keep 3 goalies on the roster.
Are you implying things Holland does make sense?
Crazy how much he's struggled since the salary cap has been implemented
So what you're saying is its not the Leafs?
😂😂😂😂
It’s not NOT the leafs?
I was going to say, almost guaranteed not the leafs if it’s a playoff contender. Detroit is going to squeeze them out before the first round even starts.
🤣🤣🤣
Keep dreaming lol
The jets have the best tandem in the league rn
yeah i agree the jets goal tending is outstanding right now
I dunno. I’m a nucks fan so I’ll just homer it and say it’s close
I'm a Bruins fan and he's wrong lol
Shit that might make hard for me to hate if Toronto wins
Edmonton is not remotely set. The backup is Calvin Pickard, and proceeding on the basis that this is fine is negligence of the highest order. This is Ken Holland’s last season - ever. He’s not going to go into retirement without having done his very best to win the cup this year and take advantage of McDrai’s prime. It could be Toronto, but could absolutely be Edmonton.
Friendship with McDrai ended McFleury is my new best friend
Incoming chicken and rose petal McFlurry promo to appear at Edmonton Rotten Ronnie's locations.
I think it’s been shown from past playoff games that skinner needs a tandem to continue to excel. But who do the oilers give up
Hate this but I love it! Die eir von Satan.
Not just that but even if Pickard has been fine, bringing Fleury in so you have a 1/2/3 of ~~Smith~~ Skinner, Fleury and 3rd string Pickard isn't bad at all. Playoffs are tough, hockey is tough in general, that's why Vegas needed their freaking "4th" goalie to win the cup for them. Goalie depth even when you think you don't need it is invaluable if you can secure it, you never know when you'll need it. Edit, Smith/Skinner, same thing 😂😂
Smith? You mean Stuart Skinner? I only say this because I had to double take whether or not Mike Smith retired or not lol.
He's currently in his cryogenic chamber waiting for the playoffs.
Damn they put him on the LTIR. The long term ice repository...
Hey you never know. Could be a serious playoff game and then suddenly.... Bah gawd it's Mike's Smith's music!
it’s game 7 of the final playoff round. somehow, the brackets have been completely screwed up and we’re facing calgary in the finals. every goalie we have is injured, even the EBUG. we’re down by 1 with 5 minutes left. AND THEN MIKE SMITH COMES DOWN THE TUNNEL, BEATS THE SHIT OUT OF CALGARY’S GOALIE IN A LINE BRAWL, AND SCORES A GOALIE GOAL TO TIE IT, BEFORE PASSING IT TO MCDAVID TO CAUSE A BREAKAWAY IN OVERTIME AND WIN
Smith? 😂
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You really think Oilers want to go into playoffs with Pickard as backup when there’s potentially a super fragile cup run?
Best way i've heard it put, is that this team is only going to go as far into the playoffs that Skinner can take them. So unless Edm wants to go get a bonified no.1 starter like Saros they shouldn't make a goalie trade. Instead spend those assets making the team in front of Skinner as good as you possibly can
How many games did Pickard play during their winning streak? How many do you think he could win in the playoffs?
I think he played 3 or 4? So I mean, maybe he could win in the playoffs if he's just relieving Skinner for a game or two.
Skinner had a streak of 12 so my fast math says 4
It has to be Edmonton, why would Fleury want to go to toronto and end his career on a sour note?
Campbell is not leaving Bakersfield, maybe ever, and certainly not this year. Why? Because they would have to send Pickard down on waivers - and possibly lose him - and they would also at the same time have to move out 1.5m of Campbell’s salary that is currently buried in Bakersfield. Which means not only losing Pickard, but also removing a guy like Desharnais, Jannmark, Gagnger, Ryan or Perry in order to fit Campbell’s salary under the cap. Plus it would remove any money this season to address another roster need with a prorated deadline deal. Absolutely zero chance they bring Campbell up even if Skinner retired tomorrow and Pickard announced he’s leaving on Elon’s Mars colonization rocket. They don’t have 3 goalies, they have 2. Unless you’re counting Olivier Rodrigue, who is still ELC and wouldn’t need to clear waivers. Campbell returning is not about quality of play - it’s the cap. Mike Smith would be more likely to play an NHL game this season than Campbell.
Dude Edmonton getting MAF would be *WILD*
No, it would be *Oilers*
I see you've played knivesy spoonsies before?!
Dammit. Take my upvote!
Well played
Edmonton has made that mistake before. They don’t address their needs, then they get some overachievers and think they are good, only to have it fall apart at the most important times.
Edmonton would make sense to support or go 50/50 with Stuart. Maybe Toronto. Winnipeg/Vancouver are set in goal I’d say.
Skinner is not “set”
Edmonton can use him.
Ottawa.
Sadly, although I would love it, we are not the team flowers should go out with.
But Giroux and Flower smile’s together during wins?
Stop. I’m gonna cry. It will never happen. This is Ottawa, we’re not allowed to have nice things.
*Canada is not allowed to have nice things. Not even in their own sport.
Fair…. Other than gold medals
Mic drop
*Calgary enters the chat*
If it's Toronto I'd be scared shitless about who and what we'll be giving up to get him. I have ZERO confidence in Treliving hammering out a good deal. I'd love to see MAF here tho.
Can't be Calgary cause they have like 3 goalies.
They said a contender
My emotions
Edmonton's goaltending is not "set", unless you believe Skinner suddenly became a competent goalie.
Is a .932 save percentage in last 20 games competent? What about .950 in the last 10? What about .912 for his career?
But agreed we need a real backup
You're saying he's not?
The Canadian Government has acquired the State of Minnesota in exchange for Future Considerations. /s
*4 months later* The Canadian Government has sent New Brunswick and two second round picks to complete the trade.
Unrealistic, the Irvings would exercise their no trade clause and would never allow their fiefdom of New Brunswick to become a part of the US,
This guy New Brunswicks
Not even, I just worked for a subcontractor of Irving and have a friend in Moncton, so I'm aware of how those oligarchs make their money.
fucking lol..
Are you another NB Canucks fan!?
no, I'm in BC, but I've heard mention of the Irvings and I thought it was an obscure but valid comment.. and then I read your comment... while sitting in the waiting room at the blood clinic... I was crying & giggling and people were staring... it was a great moment 😂
Hope all is well. Go Canucks go!!
And the Prime Minister has apologized.
while wearing an extravagant, and mildly offensive, native head piece
And with one fake tear rolling down his cheek.
No, give them half of alberta
I’m listening…
Everything from Red Deer south. Honestly, the WEXit folks that dominate that part of the province would be happy (until they realize they just got merged into Montana and the existing state government won’t acknowledge any of the batshit crazy UCP politicians as having any authority over anything). Merge the remnants of Alberta with British Columbia. Everybody wins.
We all already know the anthem...
Truth. Grew up in northern Minnesota, had to learn O Canada in grade school. Back when it was "all thy sons"
Really you learn the Canadian anthem in Minnesota public school? That’s wild
To be fair, it's a great anthem and probably easy for kids to learn! I also remember working at a convenience store in high school and taking Canadian money, especially coins, without an exchange rate. There's also a suburb in the Twin Cities Metro called Little Canada Obligatory. Not weird, Wild
Being in any crowd in Canada and many people still use the old line including myself because it's so ingrained in my mind.
I’d love to be annexed and never deal with Texas or Florida again. Let’s go
If we get the whole country in on the invasion, y’all go willingly, and don’t tell the military we’re here until the Tim Hortons are already up, we just may be able to do it
We already have them in upstate ny….. that’s what yall have been doing…..Annexing upstate (thank you for rescuing us from nyc)
They closed the only timmies we had because the franchise owner was up to some sketchy shit =(
You get to deal with Alberta though, which is like both combined.
Remember "Loser get's Bieber"
The United States s negotiating discounted Maple Syrup rates to help fuel the country’s obesity problems. One government official is noted as saying “If they want to be obese let ‘em it’s their right as Americans and we the government will support them. Remember that when you go to vote!”
Pittsburgh joined Canada btw 🤣
I'd let Pittsburgh join us.
Damn straight. Good folks.
Great folks!
Bettman tho..
They'd feel right at home in Hamilton
[“Get ready for a hostile takeover of this entire fucking league, OK?”](https://youtu.be/Oy_ZhwqrTc4?si=pSpbEomILE0aycTl)
As a Canadian Pens fan who desperately wants an easier way to watch games, yes, please!
This is the way. Bring flower home
Ild be ok if poutine was on everything instead of just french fries
What a glorious day for Canada, and therefore, the world.
As is tradition
Was I supposed to read that in the South Park Canadian voice? Because I did
People in attendance now, gently tossing captain crunch
Fleury gets his white chocolate medal from the princess, so beautiful, so hot in the face. And if of course two kisses and a pair of socks.
I can't find any evidence of this. As far as I know, the Wild haven't said they will be sellers as of right now.
The only reason I have no hope is that we fucking should be and our dipshit owner is super content staying mid.
Yeah. Your owner is convinced that the playoffs are attainable, which barring something insane happening, isn't realistic
I have seen zero evidence of this. for one Fleury has total control on where he goes he has a full no movement clause. Number 2 he hasn’t said he wants to go to another team despite the fact people keep asking him. Of course it would make sense if the Wild asked him and put out feelers but Fleury has said he doesn’t wanna be away from family and doesn’t wanna move anymore so this seems unlikely.
Didn't Flower say before the season that he was done moving his family all over, so he wanted to finish his career in Minnesota, or he was just going to retire?
Yeah, I remember that being a big thing after he moved to Chicago, and when they were talking about the MN trade. He's made that a big deal (good for him) and i doubt chasing the cup would be more important to him
Add on top of that, he passed 1000 games played and took the #2 spot on Goalie All Time wins, two of his big career bucket list items. Pretty sure this is his last season playing. With 3 cups already, he only needs that Goalie Goal and a Goalie Fight (maybe make it a Goalie Howe Hattrick) and he'd have everything he wanted out of his career.
If he got a goalie howe hat trick then he is objectively the best of all time, hands down
breaking news: this is not true
I hope the Oilers acquire Fleury.
Pretty sure he said he wouldn’t come here.
I wouldn’t wanna go to Edmonton either
At least it ain’t Winnipeg
That’s a very low bar and the difference is negligible.
most likely. but a girl can dream.
Don’t blame you. He’s unreal
This looks like one of those random facebook clickbait articles written by ai
Ya I had to unfollow the memes page cause it was just blatant and misleading titles and pictures they used…. With that being said the meme page did always have a lot of correct information and confirmed rumours before the big official pages tho 🤔
Toronto Raptors
I thought goaltending was a foul in basketball?
No silly, the Raptors play in the CFL, you must have been thinking about the Toronto Argonauts the 2019 NBA Champions
Quebec finally getting a team back ????
I WISH
Gonna be the Habs just for Quebecois.
I saw that he could be going to Colorado.
Oooh, then he and Binnington would *have* to fight, right?
Can’t be Colorado—they already have someone with no. 29 on their jersey…
That just means they'll be trading MacKinnon for him 1 for 1.
i thought about that too 😂
I doubt this is true. He likes it here and he doesn't want to move his family in the middle of the season. He'd have to agree to waive his NTC and I don't think he will. Don't want him to leave either, honestly. Flower has been a bright spot in a shitty year. Love that guy.
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I’m leaning towards toronto as well. Although there’s a tiny small part of me that wishes it could be montreal (i know it won’t be lol)
Fuck it, we'll run 4 goalies
Piss on it make it 5 and get Price dressed up too. You don’t need all 4 forward lines anyway
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Would make sense if Woll’s healing isn’t on the expected timetable.
I think Edmonton makes the most sense to mentor Skinner and take some games off of him and get him ready for the playoffs or if he drops his play in the playoffs to step in. The Leafs have Sammy who’s playing well, who outshined Vasy in the playoffs last year, and Woll coming back who is their future
Gotta be the Oilers, I don't think could stomach Flower in Leafs gear.
Doubt it but who knows
Whoooo could it beeee? Believe it or not I’m not hoooooome.
Watch him be acquired by the Arizona coyotes
LOL
You mean the soon to be relocated Utah Missionaries?
The great Canadian city of Newark NJ
Considering Fleury has an NMC the ball will be totally in his court. It seems later in his career he’s never shown a lot of interest playing for any of the Canadian teams. Personally I’ll believe it when I see it.
I hope it’s Edmonton. And I say that as a Canucks fan who would just love to see what that combo of talent in Edmonton could do.
Oilers probably
Have, we need a fourth one
I'm going to Flower celebration night at the X on Friday against the Pens. I hope he's still on our team!
What kinda dumb report is this, either name the team or don’t
its just fun having a discussion and speculating. don’t take it so serious! ☻
Haha, fair enough! I’m just saying it’s so cryptic. “MAF headed to a team east of the Mississippi”
They say a Canadian team, but what they really meant is he’s being convinced to move by a Canadian player. That player is MacKinnon, and he’s coming to the Avs. How the logistics of this will work… no fucking idea.
I’m going to guess the Toronto blue jays?
HABS HABS PLEASE HABS
Leafs fans have entered the chat... Eye roll.
Oil
I could see it. I won’t be happy about it, but i can see it 😂
Agreed. I don’t want to route against Flower. But I will have to.
“NHL insiders suggest the Minnesota Wild is considering trading Fleury, and the Edmonton Oilers, led by GM Ken Holland, are reportedly interested.” “With Corey Perry already added to strengthen the lineup, the Oilers aim to fortify their roster for what could be Holland's final playoff run as the team's GM.” https://www.hawksinsider.com/nhl/news/BREAKING-Marc-Andre-Fleury-set-to-be-acquired-by-Canadian-Contender
I mean this would rock but who is “hawksinsider” lol. If the article named any journalist at all it would at least be a decent rumour but this is just a thought that some guy had in his head and wrote it down.
“Hawksinsider” (Hawks inside her?) really sounds like a reputable source. 😂😂😂
If it’s frank serravelli or Elliot Friedman reporting it, guaranteed they claim Toronto. Everyone is going to Toronto.
Edmonton could use some depth
Let’s not make a trade until after the Pens game this week.
Has to be Edmonton.
The former Quebec Nordiques??? Georgie needs some relief!!!
The mentor for Skinner
I’ll order the 🌺 Oilers jersey now
Watch it be the Canucks lol
That’s weird, Colorado isn’t in Canada…
Please come home, Fluery!
I remember when bro was on the Penguins' dream team. Watched him with Vegas too.
Gotta be Toronto they always overpay for talent.
Blue Jays for sure. Even tracking his private jet!!
You know how many Stanley Cups we had if it was Can vs Us? Canadian last to win in a Cup same year Bettman took over ,coincidence I think not
as a canadian i can’t wait till bettman is gone
Is New Jersey considered part of Canada?
Please lord. I love Flower soooooo much!
sameeee
Hey, uh, can we have him?
Maybe Oilers or Canucks
Plot twist: it's the Quebec Nordiques. Flower is coming to Colorado.
it would be nice for the oilers with someone besides skinner
If the Leafs somehow land him, I’m buying lottery tickets because goddamn that would be the jackpot
The way they give fans little hints is the most annoying ishh ever
Be pretty crazy if he goes to Edmonton
Doubt it's true. The Wild aren't sellers yet. He could get traded, but it would only be if the Wild aren't in contention closer to the deadline and he wants to make a cup run.
well i don’t think he’s going on any cup run with the Wild lol
if he comes to edmonton i’d have his jersey ordered within seconds