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Originally Posted by kehatch
You are the one accusing people of acting like children, of hyperbole, and the like. Either step down from your high horse and stop accusing others of drama, or drop the drama yourself.
Demoting a veteran takes 24 hours. It isn't a complicated thing. In fact, a variety of Flames were out through thst process, along with players all over the league. Camp and all that.
The facts are that Jankowski was demoted while Hamilton, Hathaway, and Stajan were not. That was a decision made by the GM, coach, or some combination.
There could be a different decision in the future. There may not be. But it doesn't change the one that was just made and fans on a hockey message board have every right to express their opinion that it was the wrong one.
If you agree with the decision then defend it. But stop making excuses for a bad decision being made.
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I think a big part of it is everyone is looking at the situation in too narrow of a view. There are a bunch of factors in play. For one, every team is in the same boat jostling around to get their rosters settled for the roster limit deadline. Every GM knows this so it is all about keeping your flexibility, which the flames have done. Sending a vet through waivers has a couple drawbacks. You could lose the player or if they make it through you potentially waste cap space because you paying a hefty portion of the vets salary plus his replacement. Why go through any of that when you can move a player without impacting any of the assets you have and you don't paint yourself into a corner where another GM is waiting to pounce.
The first couple weeks teams are still evaluating their rosters. GMs are playing and reading each other and all it takes is a rookie to be sent down or an injury to occur and the dominos start to fall.
I have no doubt Jankowski plays a vast majority, but if it means the team needs him to play in the AHL a game or two until Treliving gets things settled, then so be it.