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Originally Posted by New Era
I will agree with that. I guess it depends on expectations. Were the expectations to be a playoff team and show some growth, or be Edmonton bad and be thinking about the draft before the all star game? I had higher expectations than being tied with the Oilers and paying more attention to the draft than the playoff races. I can't believe that so many people would be content with this outcome. I can't imagine that Treliving's bosses are excited about the outcomes either.
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I doubt anyone is content with the outcome, but when judging a GM, you need to look at the longer term and his plan a little more broadly than 44 games. If the question was "How would you grade the Flames this year", you will have no argument from me that they are in the C range, based on expectations.
I think BT made moves this past year that made the team better. His decision making is sound. No doubt the goaltending is one of the biggest issues this year, but given where they were (Hiller signed, Ortio expected to push), signing Ramo is easily justified, not just in retrospect. Would have been nice to sign him to a smaller number, and that is on BT, but it doesn't make enough of a difference to bury the guy.
Again, unless they were chasing Talbot/Jones (which I am not convinced is a fix), I am not sure what would have magically fixed a difficult goaltending situation.