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Originally Posted by Bingo
I like Niewendyk, I think he's a sharp guy. I think he'd be a good candidate. But because he was a long time Flame, captain, and retired number I just didn't want to see them do that and take away my ribbing of Edmonton and now Vancouver.
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I think Nieuwendyk is a lot smarter than Kevin Lowe and Craig MacTavish combined
Anyways, I think Brad Treliving is a good hire. Fresh ideas, fresh face and he seems to be saying all the good things. We just have to wait if he can walk the talk once the season starts. I'll give him at least a season and a half before I make my judgment on this guy but so far people seems to like him. The question now is how long before CP people turned on him. We tend to say all the right words and get excited at the beginning then once someone say something bad against a player/coach or management, the hate just grew.
From what I heard, he seems to be into building through draft and seems to know what is a rebuild means. So I think that is good. I think we have the personnel here to build on.. Giordano, Brodie on defense and maybe Wotherspoon, Monahan, Gaudreau(maybe a season in AHL if he struggles early in the NHL), Baertschi, Colborne and others. Karri Ramo was good in his first season and I still see some improvement. Ortio is still a work in progress but he is way ahead for his age and the amount of time he spent playing professional hockey in North America. I think Treliving knows that. We are definitely the opposite of the Oilers rebuilding who seems to be lost in how rebuilding is. We might not have the same skilled young forwards compare to Oilers but at least our young guys knows how to play on both side of the ice. Good luck on GM Tre. The more success this guy gets the better for us Flame fans. Looking forward in the next season.