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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
How many seasons are the flames going to ruin if the keep hoping to get lucky in this way?
Ruined the last two, for example.
They have to pony up. Tre screws up goaltending 3 years in a row, he deserves to be fired.
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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
You get judged by results, though.
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Nah.
Brian Elliot stat line 5 years previous:
Starts - 164
Wins - 104
Loss - 46
GAA - 2.01 (2.55 with Flames)
SV% - 0.925 (0.910 with Flames)
Chad Johnson stat line 3 years previous:
Starts - 80
Wins - 47
Loss - 28
GAA - 2.43 (2.59 with Flames)
SV% - 0.915 (0.910 with Flames)
He goes out and snags two guys with sparkling recent numbers for a 2nd round pick and $4.2 million of cap space when the team was in a total cap crunch because of contracts he didn't even sign (Wideman, Smid, Stajan). It was wizardry at it's finest.
If they under performed that's on the players, not Treliving.
He didn't go out and get a couple scrubs and hope they would perform. He went out and got top performers.
...and not only that, despite their drop in numbers, the Flames still made huge improvements in most areas, including a 17 point standings gain and a playoff spot, so I wouldn't characterize what happened this season as Tre "screwing up the goaltending", nor should anyone.