that playoff run 2 years ago has devastated this franchise. It really paralyzed the management as far as taking a hard look and making some perhaps unpopular decisions (ie. shipping out guys like wideman, hudler, hiller, ramo, perhaps gio, etc). Instead of saving cap space and going into actual rebuilding year mantras, they went out and signed guys like frolik and brouwer on UFA day, which again in my mind says that the flames really felt that they were out of the true sense of the rebuilding years and were now ready to start bringing in some vets to round out the roster.
I'm really annoyed that this news about treliving's contract, or lack there of, is coming up now, just as the team looks like complete garbage, .and coming off perhaps one of the most frustrating losses at home i can remember. It feels like how garbage franchises just continue to cycle through rebuilds, as they continue to cycle thru management/coaching, and appear directionless.
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