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Originally Posted by IgiTang
I'm still unclear on what Treliving has done to hurt this team? I know what he's done to help. But what has he really done to hurt this club?
Gio around the time of his new deal, if not injured would have been a Norris Candidate and had been in the convo for a couple years.
Sure the Goalie situation but who could have predicted it being THAT bad.. the monacher of "creates more competition " is usually viewed as a good thing.
Hartley? Sure we can point fingers but many GM's like to bring in their own guy, this is nothing new.
The GG hire? 6 games in. I don't like GG mannerisms, but that doesn't mean he's a bad coach. Too early to fire him and those who think he needs to go now.. find another bandwagon cause this is going to be a bumpy ride for a bit... it's the nature of the beast.
Oh and last nights game is a result of players actually giving a damn and playing hard, not a change in GG's system.
Things could be a lot worse. As flames fans, those calling for heads should know better.
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Only major thing I imagine people will bring up is the "3 headed goalie monster" and how he didn't do more to address the position in the middle of the season.
* Ramo and Hiller were adequate, perhaps slightly above in 2013-14 year as a tandem considering the haphazard defense the Flames continued to have after 2014. If anything resigning Ramo was probably for the best considering he was the best goalie until his injury. He missed out on moving Hiller or picking somebody like Neuvirth (I believe him and somebody else IIRC) but it always takes two parties to be interested to make a signing/trade.
* I think you could say Ortio was mishandled to a degree, having to sit behind Hiller and Ramo again despite a strong performance in January 2014. Problem is, he was granted a couple golden opportunities later in the season to give the team AVERAGE goaltending and failed to do that. His AHL performance wasn't too great during that time IIRC.
* Don't know how many Bandaid solutions Treliving would be interested in considering he would have likely paid the same amount for Elliot for an even less experienced/proven goalie. One that would have likely not stayed after the season. With Treliving continuing to preach patience in his methods, I don't think he would be interested in knee jerk reactions like the fanbase would have wanted especially since he had an opportunity to wipe the slate clean with expiring contracts and teams in transition periods (Pittsburgh, Tampa, St. Louis)
Tl;dr 3 separate goalies couldn't perform (something something blame the coach), Treliving didn't panic and overpay for a mediocre stop gap.