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Originally Posted by TOfan
Ah, I see.
I would say it's pretty hard to navigate these sorts of things over 30 years. GM's are focussed on the here and now, or at least the 5-6 year plan. There are far too many moving parts, and it's only getting more complicated.
I'm sure if you were to have a candid conversation with Treliving, he probably hasn't spent more than 2 mins thinking about the Flames of the 90's or even 10 years ago. Sure, it's frustrating for the fans, but the reality is that the Flames hockey ops have a plan and they're likely sticking to it.
At the end of the day, having picks in the top 62 this year at this moment doesn't mean much. The cupboards are sufficiently stocked, and the Flames can recoup those picks between now and the end of June. It's kind of mind boggling fans seem to be so upset by this.
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You will be upset by it if Snow walks up to the podium in late June and snags Brady Tkachuk or someone of that ilk with the Flames lottery pick, should they miss the post season.
I get that Treliving has nothing to do with the past 30 years of mediocrity for this pathetic organization, but as a fan I'm sick of it. I had a TON of faith in Tre but if he dealt away our picks this year and we miss the playoffs, it will mean he badly misjudged this roster and/or coaching staff and the majority of that belief I had in him will be gone.
There is still time to get going, but with every mediocre game they play the odds get slimmer and slimmer that they will finally turn the corner and actually be more than just fodder for the real teams in this league who are actually going somewhere. Which is basically what they've been for just about 30 years now.