I agree with a lot of what Textric said about Treliving. Given the Flames situation, he really only had 2 options, make huge mistakes or not blow you away with anything because the Flames aren't in that spot to do that yet. Treliving has stayed the course and no screwed it up, whichever is good, but it also means he's yet to be really tested, that comes later.
I also think critiquing the dollars on Engelland and Raymond is useless. Are they slight overpayments, yes. Did Treliving likely know this, yes IMO. Those aren't overpayments he'd makevif we were cap strapped, nor would he gave to because the Flames as a competitive team likely doesn't need to entice lower end UFAs to play here by over paying. Those contracts reflect the Flames situation when they were signed, an unappealing destination with tones of cap space. Don't think until proven otherwise that we should assume Treliving would sign those type of deals down the road when the Flames are competitive and need to be more cap conscious.
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