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Originally Posted by Major Major
Ya, I get it, some here wanted tre to trade for Price. It's definitely an issue that persists. I feel like we went over about 30 options in net, and all of them sucked. Smith/lack is a lateral move or mild improvement. And it fits the flames timeline. They can be a great team with an average goalie and every other position has been improved.
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Too right. And that's another issue with this article. One might even say that it was the kinda move a GM would make when he saw the window starting to open, not already closing. We have goalie prospects expected in the next year or two. Why trade a member or two of the young core or good prospects to get another teams castoff goaltender, that they couldn't protect during expansion? You cant plug a hole by making another one. Instead he got two other teams to pay a portion of our goaltending costs this year, and give some time to the young guys coming up. People think that it never occurred to Treliving that's its probable that Smith gets injured? Or that there is a at least a 50% possibility that Lack is the craptastic Lack of the last two years? I don't think Treliving is that secure in his position as GM, that he's essentially putting this entire season down on 1 spin on the roulette wheel, all in, on 22 Black. This years goalie tandem, I think, shows that the Organization has great faith in the three guys coming up, that they have lots of things they can try, should things not go according to hope. And if Smith and Lack both play alright, it gives the flames a little more time to evaluate Gillies and Ritich, and see which one your moving this year (guessing for a prospect right winger).
To me, this is the exact move a savy GM makes when he sees the contention window
legitimately opening, not this upcomming season, but next season. I'm sure Treliving expects them to push and make some noise no doubt, but he strikes me as a realist. Does a realist actually expect to see a cup in Calgary this year? No, too optimistic. He has cost certainty on his main core for 5+ years, and the supporting cast for 3+ (with the notable exception of Bennett and Backland at the moment). Seems like he's put all the ingredients in the pot, and this year is about letting the flavours come together. Me, I'll bet on Trelivings Plan vs. Laberts Prognostication any day of the week. If he was any good at seeing the future, as he claims to be, he would be working for a hockey club, gazing into his crystal ball 20 hours a day, making mad money. Instead, we have a collection of digital flaming trash that proves, chrologically, that he is no Kreskin.