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On the Kings and Flames and Buyers or Sellers? Leafs Rumblings..

January 15, 2012, 12:30 PM ET [334 Comments]
Eklund
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We are getting to that point now. The point where we will start to be defining buyers and sellers. Last night two of the bubble teams faced off against one another and watching the game I really got a sense that one team should be a buyer and one a seller.

In light of the trade for Cammalleri most pundits are assuming the Flames have signaled they are buyers and going to do all they can to make the playoffs...that would mean no moving Iginla, Jokinen or Bouwmeester. However, I am not so sure of that. Watching the game last night I saw a very UNINSPIRED Flames team. I expected to see more energy...at least the energy that comes from adding a player like Cammalleri...and being on Hockey Night in Canada.

I saw very little from Calgary...I don't even remember them winning more than a handful of battles. In fact my memory of last night was watching the Flames standing still while King players blew past them.

From the Kings on the other hand...I saw life. I saw a Mike Richards who willed his team to a victory early in the second with a breakaway goal and beautiful steal/setup on the second goal. I saw Drew Doughty look levels above anyone on the Flames. The Kings are harldy a perfect team right now...in fact their biggest weakness for the Kings may be trying to do too much individually...but the effort was there against a team who really should have been more motivated than the Kings were.

Calgary and the Kings are right now both buyers, but I really question if Calgary shouldn't be a seller. The Flames could really re-build strongly right now were they to capitalize on their assets..

The Kings should be buyers. They have more depth and more young, locked up talent.

Basically either of these teams could finish in 8th and make the playoffs, but ask yourself who has a better shot of making noise in the playoffs?

On the Leafs...

Lots of chatter on Toronto right now. Keeping a close eye. Something could go down. Some talk of Nash, some of Doan. More to come.

Back with more...working on the rumor chart today and will have previews in the next few blogs...
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