GAME DAY: Calgary Flames @ Ottawa Senators :: 5:00pm ET :: Sun. Mar. 30th, 2014

Fulcrum wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Again, people are judging Spezza on a year where he missed the entire previous season.  I'm not saying they're wrong, but I'm not convinced Murray will just cut bait.  We'll see

I agree, along with the fact that it was his 1st year as the captain. Thats a role some guys have to learn and grow into. I give him a mulligan.

I think they re-sign Hemsky, and I think they extend Spezza, I think Michalek stays as well. Methot might be on the way out, but I don't think I agree with it,  and I think that Anderson is gone for sure after watching Lehner play so much lately. Anderson could have been a huge part of what was going on with them this year if he is as much of a cancer as I am reading lately. I was as disgusted with Spezza as anyone this year, but you can't quit on him now. You have to re-sign him and watch him one more year in the captain role.

I also don' think MacLean is going anywhere. Its been an extremely frustrating year top to bottom in the organization, but you can't get carried away and cut everyone loose, or you are back to what you started the season with....learning all over again.

SpezDispenser wrote:

Uh...how is that gonna work though?  That's why this is such a massive decision.  You can't re-sign him, then strip him of the C in the off-season next year if it doesn't work, you have to trade him.

It could become the singular biggest gong show we've ever seen where we become the villains as opposed to Heatley being the villain.