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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
I think this shows some pretty low standards.
Diaz is a 6/7 guy thrust into a 5/6 role and holding his own, but that's a run of the mill signing, pairing depth.
It's not a bad signing, but it's a reach as a 'pretty successful pickup' in regards to whether Treliving is doing a good job or not.
So far some of the contracts signed by Treliving don't look great: Raymond, England appear to be significantly overpaid. At this point though with the team in the position it's in and with the capspace available, it makes sense to pay a price to bring in legit NHLers.
So far where he has shone is with the Brodie contract, and in trades. This deadline was a great deadline for Calgary that probably could have been even better were it not for a couple of ill-timed injuries.
Not trying to run you down, just that the same thing happened with Feaster, where minor things started being hyped as 'successful' moves, like Byron.
I don't give much credit for just filling out the roster. If Diaz was playing Top 4 minutes for Calgary and Calgary was in a playoff spot as a result, then yeah, it's a successful signing. As it is, he's a journeyman filling a journeyman's role; he's doing what he was brought in to do, no more, no less.
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Fair enough.
But I think you are overlooking the point I was making in the rest of my post. And that is that Treliving has been doing as he should. It is no surprise that none of the Flames FA pickups are blowing the doors off, because none of them are the sorts of players who can—those sorts of players usually come with a very high price tag attached.
Treliving deserves credit for being patient and for being cautious. He has been exactly what this team needs at this point in time. In another year, two, or three we will see how smart and savvy he is at reading the market and manipulating it to the team's needs; but that shouldn't happen until the team is under more intense pressure to perform better.
All that to say, I don't really have any complaints about the job Treliving has done so far.