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Originally Posted by taxbuster
I'm OK with this trade - not a waste of assets and I'm willing to trust Tre (unlike the apparently many Debby Downers here). Flames have struggled with goalie issues for years now, so I'm happy to see a stopgap solution - though last year's attempt was also reasonable - in the hope that we actually *develop* our own goalies. This is the only way I can see to do so. And if one or more do develop and become our stud goalie, well, that's even better.
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Treliving on the balance has done a good job but why has he earned your trust on goaltending? Name one good move so far. His moves have been defensible at best. He has missed out on several better options for the team which would have cost less as a sum total. I can tolerate Smith on this deal but nothing to do cartwheels over. I will be disappointed if Johnson is back because one of the silver lings here is Rittich or Gillies emerging as a back-up. Our over-ripening philosophy just caused us to basically lose Hickey for nothing.