It&#8217;s training camp time, friends, and the Calgary Flames have just begun their pre-season schedule (with a pair of wins over Vancouver). As we continue to ramp up the anticipation towards the upcoming regular season, we once again delve into the weekly mailbag.

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If Milano doesn’t impress like hoped which defenceman would Calgary most likely trade for a top 6 guy? I assume defence because they have soooo many..
&mdash; Richard Junkar (@RichardJunkar) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardJunkar/status/1574201656337920001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Honestly, I&#8217;m not sure if they&#8217;d try to swing a trade:
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<li>The club was very adamant about accumulating more defensive depth after their playoff experience, so I&#8217;d imagine they&#8217;d rather have more defensive depth than less. (If you trade a good defenceman, suddenly you&#8217;re more vulnerable to an injury making your team spotty on the blueline.)</li>
<li>I don&#8217;t think they have the cap space to cover a top six forward, which is why Sonny Milano is here in the first place.</li>
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I think their preference is to hold on to everybody, if they can.
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Pacific division predictions?
&mdash; Mack Stead (@Mack85224215) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mack85224215/status/1574179814164267008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Bold standings predictions:
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<li>Calgary</li>
<li>Edmonton</li>
<li>Los Angeles</li>
<li>Vegas</li>
<li>Vancouver</li>
<li>Anaheim</li>
<li>San Jose</li>
<li>Seattle</li>
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The gap between Calgary and Edmonton will be almost non-existent, and the gap between the last divisional team (LA) and missing the playoffs entirely will be pretty slim.
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What is the appropriate hype level for winning preseason games?
&mdash; lucas (@lucasholzen) <a href="https://twitter.com/lucasholzen/status/1574243969118380037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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You need to modulate your pre-season win excitement to the quality of the opposition that was beaten. The Flames beat an AHL-esque Canucks team in Calgary, so the celebration should be muted. But the Flames sent their AHL crew (and a few NHL bodies) to Vancouver and beat most of Vancouver&#8217;s regulars, which is itself fairly impressive, even when you consider how rusty the NHL regulars tend to be at this time of the year.
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Which defensemen will get traded in the next 2 weeks?
&mdash; AR53N4L🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 (@cdngooner) <a href="https://twitter.com/cdngooner/status/1574178358409428992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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As noted prior, my gut says probably nobody. If anybody gets moved, it might just be Juuso Valimaki (so the Flames can avoid losing him on waivers for nothing and avoid having the $425,000 cap penalty they would have if they bury him in the AHL).

It's training camp time, friends, and the Calgary Flames have just begun their pre-season schedule (with a pair of wins over Vancouver). As we continue to ramp up the anticipation towards the upcoming regular season, we once again delve into the weekly mailbag.



https://twitter.com/RichardJunkar/status/1574201656337920001

Honestly, I'm not sure if they'd try to swing a trade:
<ol>
 	<li>The club was very adamant about accumulating more defensive depth after their playoff experience, so I'd imagine they'd rather have more defensive depth than less. (If you trade a good defenceman, suddenly you're more vulnerable to an injury making your team spotty on the blueline.)</li>
 	<li>I don't think they have the cap space to cover a top six forward, which is why Sonny Milano is here in the first place.</li>
</ol>
I think their preference is to hold on to everybody, if they can.

https://twitter.com/Mack85224215/status/1574179814164267008

Bold standings predictions:
<ol>
 	<li>Calgary</li>
 	<li>Edmonton</li>
 	<li>Los Angeles</li>
 	<li>Vegas</li>
 	<li>Vancouver</li>
 	<li>Anaheim</li>
 	<li>San Jose</li>
 	<li>Seattle</li>
</ol>
The gap between Calgary and Edmonton will be almost non-existent, and the gap between the last divisional team (LA) and missing the playoffs entirely will be pretty slim.

https://twitter.com/lucasholzen/status/1574243969118380037

You need to modulate your pre-season win excitement to the quality of the opposition that was beaten. The Flames beat an AHL-esque Canucks team in Calgary, so the celebration should be muted. But the Flames sent their AHL crew (and a few NHL bodies) to Vancouver and beat most of Vancouver's regulars, which is itself fairly impressive, even when you consider how rusty the NHL regulars tend to be at this time of the year.

https://twitter.com/cdngooner/status/1574178358409428992

As noted prior, my gut says probably nobody. If anybody gets moved, it might just be Juuso Valimaki (so the Flames can avoid losing him on waivers for nothing and avoid having the $425,000 cap penalty they would have if they bury him in the AHL).

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