Justin Temple

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@PuckPedia When do retention slots reset? July 1st? For example when can Calgary retain on a traded player, at the 2026 Draft? Or after July 1st?

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@FlamesNation Carels and it’s not even close. You take the top pairing defenseman over the middle 6 forward every time.

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@FlamesNation Didn’t we already do this? There is no reason to move up. The talent gap between 1 and 6 is too small to make it worth while. Use those assets to move up from 30/31 to 15-25.

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@Sportsnet960 @Fan960Steinberg @EricFrancis You don’t give up the assets you guys were throwing around to move up to draft a winger, especially when there is going to be potential 1st pairing defensemen available at 6. It makes zero sense.

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@FlamesNation Nothing, the talent gap between 3rd and 6th is minimal and not worth moving assets to move up.

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@CofRedCentral He won’t be in the NHL.

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@CofRedCentral Why pass on better prospects to take a winger?

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@miketgould @Hockeytalky777 Central Scouting has him at 5’9”, generally central scouting is the most accurate.

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@miketgould I would disagree that those three have as many warts if not more than Bjorck. Even so, I would still take the defenseman over a winger.

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@miketgould I think all of Carels, Reid, Smits, Rudolph and Verhoeff have top pairing upside. I don’t see Bjorck as a top line player in the NHL and certainly not a center. Bjorck has elite hockey IQ, but that is his only elite tool, everything else is very good to average.

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@McMav @CofRedCentral I would take Smits ahead of Bjorck all day. I would take Smits, Carels, Verhoeff, Rudolph or Reid ahead of Bjorck. Bjorck is undersized, which isn’t a huge problem, except he is an average skater.

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@miketgould @RyanNPike Aren’t they out of recalls? It would have to be an emergency recall and they have 6 healthy defense, so they wouldn’t qualify for that. I could be wrong though.

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@miketgould Big Ten has the 1st and 3rd ranked teams on that list.

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@miketgould The thing with Wyttenbach is that he plays in the ECAC which is a far weaker conference than NCHC or the Big Ten. That’s why it’s a bit disappointing that he is going back to Quinnipiac.

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@FlamesNation I would rather see him stay another year, he still needs work to get stronger and faster, to really be able to hit the ground running at the pro level.

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@JasonGregor @MurphysLaw74 Probably more important to remember that he isn’t very good and has a boat anchor for a contract, but sure let’s go with he doesn’t want to waive his NMC as the reason he won’t get traded.

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@miketgould Celebrini and a legend is born!

[Justin Temple @JTech780]

@ChrisBoyle33 @NHL_Watcher This is awful take. The goal wouldn’t have happened if the linesman made the right call in the first place.