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Originally Posted by Textcritic
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.
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This. What has Treliving missed on this year? Not getting Phil Kessell? At the price they were demanding from Detroit? What UFA goalie was better than Hiller at that price and term?
I like that Treliving has stuck to his guns on the Rebuild even in the tight playoff hunt. And his returns for two guys who wanted out was pretty good.
On the original thought about Diaz, he's looking like a better and better signing, especially when you consider he was just a PTO.