Calgary Flames Monday Roundtable: Expansion Draft

Feb 24, 2017; Sunrise, FL, USA; Calgary Flames right wing Troy Brouwer (36) celebrates his goal against the Florida Panthers with center Matt Stajan (18) in the second period at BB&T Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 24, 2017; Sunrise, FL, USA; Calgary Flames right wing Troy Brouwer (36) celebrates his goal against the Florida Panthers with center Matt Stajan (18) in the second period at BB&T Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports
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Dec 10, 2016; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames center Lance Bouma (right) celebrates his goal with center Matt Stajan (18) against the Winnipeg Jets during the third period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Calgary won 6-2. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 10, 2016; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames center Lance Bouma (right) celebrates his goal with center Matt Stajan (18) against the Winnipeg Jets during the third period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Calgary won 6-2. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports

Question 7: Realistically speaking, who do you think is most likely going to Vegas?

Jonathan Boulanger

Troy Brouwer. He is the type of player Vegas is going to be filled with and he is an experienced leader which is attractive to a brand new team.

Alex Hoegler

As I said, Brouwer. He’ll be the best player Calgary exposes and he can still be a 20-plus goal scorer for Vegas. The Golden Knights should look at quality in the expansion draft, not a guy’s contract.

Dan Raicevich

Hmm…I do not really know. Maybe Lance Bouma? Maybe Hunter Shinkaruk? We will see come mid-June.

Ramina Shlah

I think it’ll be Lance Bouma. He only has one-year left on his contract which is much better than Brouwer’s. Bouma’s a tough guy, even though he isn’t the biggest, and it makes him a solid bottom-six guy. But like Dan said, we won’t quite know until another couple weeks.

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That’s all in this Monday’s roundtable! If there’s one player you’d like to see go to Vegas, who would it be?