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Originally Posted by Fan in Exile
Not that odd. We entered the game 31st in the league in goals per game. Treliving spent the summer spending money and draft picks on defence and goalies and finally dropped a modest amount of money on Jagr after training camp was done. At a minimum it's debatable that some of the money and assets spent on getting two 4/5 guys at 3.5 - 4m each would have been better spent on offensive help particularly given the number of prospects we have pushing to make the club.
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That is fair, but this decision had two sides: The Flames were in a position to make choices between a pair of promising defensive prospects to make the jump to the NHL, or to trust that young players like Bennett and Jankowski were ready to become contributing, offensive players. I don't think it is a given that they would have been better off opting to spend assets on offence as opposed to defence. But I am quite sure that the level of depth Treliving has created on defence will prove to be more useful and potentially valuable later in the season and into the playoffs. So, it may look like an oversight today, but by the end of the season I would be surprised if anyone is still bemoaning the presence of both Stone and Hamonic on the roster.