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Originally Posted by ComixZone
I think time is an issue on the Flames front, so “closer to deadline” likely means we’re not the team.
Without Frolik, our pre-existing depth issues up front are going to become an issue, and fast (in my opinion). If Treliving is looking to stay the course (be a playoff team), the time to act is now...but failing that, and given our schedule this month, a bad or even “50/50” month of January will bury us.
All that being said, and the lack of rumblings regarding Backlund...is it crazy to think that he was/is Treliving’s back-up plan to recoup the picks moved in the Hamonic deal (if a contract can’t be ironed out).
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Things would have to go south badly enough that there is no realistic hope of playoffs for Treliving to do something like that. Too much patience and value put into this group and especially Backlund.