Flames Sign Tony Amonte and Darren McCarty

[Gym Class Hero]

Calgary, AB - Calgary Flames General Manager and Head Coach Darryl Sutter announced today the signing of forwards Tony Amonte and Darren McCarty. As per club policy, terms and conditions of either deal were not disclosed.

“Amonte fits our needs of a winger who can play on one of the top two lines while fitting in the team’s identity,” said Sutter.” He’s a proven veteran who can score and a player I’m very familiar with having coached in Chicago.”

Tony Amonte, a 6’0” 200 lbs. right winger has played in 1,013 NHL games over 13 seasons with the New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes and the Philadelphia Flyers. During his NHL tenure the Hingham, MA native has scored 828 points on 392 goals and 436 assists while adding 669 penalty minutes. In 86 NHL playoff games Amonte has recorded 51 points (20 goals, 31 assists) and 46 penalty minutes. Amonte was the Rangers third choice, 68th overall, in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.

Darren McCarty, a three-time Stanley Cup champion with Detroit (1997, 1998 and 2002), played the previous 11 seasons with the Red Wings recording 273 points (119 goals, 154 assists) and 1,275 penalty minutes in 643 NHL games. The second round choice, 46th overall, of the Red Wings was born in Burnaby, BC and raised in Leamington, ON. In 150 NHL playoff games the 6’1” 215 lbs. McCarty has recorded 45 points (20 goals, 25 assists) and 194 penalty minutes.

“McCarty is a proven winner with a big physical presence,” added Sutter. “He makes our team much tougher to play against and he knows what it takes to win.”

“The strongest tribute you can ever give to your fan-base is a winning and competitive team,” said Calgary Flames President and CEO Ken King. “Our ownership group’s provision of resources combined with the brilliance of Darryl Sutter is an awesome force in the new NHL era.”

[Merlin401]

Originally Posted by iheartskoal

McCarty to Flames: report on Mojo sports update at 9:45

They are going to be an old-school team if there ever was one. Filled with rugged guys who can fight and play with two true enforcers that are solid, skilled players but can keep order on the ice. I might have to get centre ice to watch flames games with my 2 favorite players over there now in Simon and McCarty.

[BM24]

I wish Suter was the Leafs GM. This guy is building a fun team to watch!

[Gym Class Hero]

man i love this. canucks flames games are going to be even better. i wonder what the nucks are gunna do now that the flames will have what merlin said "two true enforcers" in their line up every night. brookbank cant do it all, so whats gunna happen? re-sign aitken and call him up when needed, or is allen gunna punish mccarty again as he did last season...HAHAHA but ****, were hooped, nonis better get some toughness in our lineup, or its gunna be 8 tough games of us getting **** kicked against them.

[Odjick29]

Gotta love Sutter, builds a great team to watch and I think McCarty fits-in perfectly...

[swhite]

Great signing by Calgary! McCarty is a perfect fit for Sutter's style of play.

[Dirk]

I knew he would get signed pretty quickly. Good addition by the Flames, I won't miss him though, the Wings will add a more willing fighter than him. After they sign Datsyuk and Zetteberg, they will make some moves...They better not pull a Jamie Pushor though lol

[#2EddieShore]

Originally Posted by BM24

I wish Suter was the Leafs GM. This guy is building a fun team to watch!

He seems like a great GM who puts together tough exciting teams.

[full force five]

Wiemer, Simon, McCarty, Montador, Ferrence, Iginla = Hello NHL Center Ice and new favorite team.

[Fighting Wombats]

Good move for the Flames!!

[Fear The Mullet]

woo

[AVALANCHE FAN]

I guess that kills any chance of the AVS signing a tough guy this season . I thought for sure they would pick up on him for what he was making.

[#2EddieShore]

Originally Posted by AVALANCHE FAN

I guess that kills any chance of the AVS signing a tough guy this season . I thought for sure they would pick up on him for what he was making.

After the rivalry between the Avs and Wings and the extent to which McCarty was involved I don't think he would want to go to the Avs.

[Ken_Baumgartner]

What a f#cking old school team the Flames are going to ice this year. This team is built for the playoffs. Too bad Martin Gelinas had to be a money grubbing b!tch and leave town.

[swhite]

Hours after losing Martin Gelinas, the Calgary Flames have added some scoring punch.

The team signed unrestricted free agent Tony Amonte on Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Amonte had his contract bought out by the Philadelphia Flyers last week.

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