[Sylvanfan]

We could always flip Hiller for a pick now....his value should be super awesome.

Fact is with or without McDavid, the Flames were going to need to fix their goaltending eventually. The Oilers tried it last year by trading for about 4 different guys. The Panthers tried it by trading for Luongo...the Islanders likely are better this year because they brought in Halak. Buffalo signed a whack of players. Winnipeg...well they never do anything, and Carolina also felt the excessive forwards and overpaid goaltender model has to work one of these years.

Really the Flames saw a team weakness and tried to address it, which is something other teams also did in the offseason. Difference is that the guy the Flames brought in, has actually helped fix the weakness that he was supposed to fill. It's still early though. But really that's the difference between teams. The really bad teams make moves to fix their weak points that don't work. Less bad teams pick guys who do address those issues.

I guess Burke and Treveling, screwed up in picking up a guy who is actually playing well.