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Originally Posted by Tinordi
If this is the real Flames, then Treliving sure spent a lot of assets to build a mediocre team. I'm more and more skeptical of this hockey truism to build from the backend out. How many successful teams are D-loaded that have gone deep. Nashville sure. But their D is truly special. Who else? Seems like you need one great D, two effective guys and then 3 guys that can hold their head above water. That Tre thought he needed Hamonic AND Stone while we have 4 prospects chomping at the bit to get in isn't looking great from an asset management perspective.
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I partially agree, there is no real need to have all 5 guys when we have some prospects so close to being ready. What it does do is makes someone expendable. The Flames have the option of trading Brodie or Hamilton soon and/or Stone next year. Prospects have more value after they've played some games in the league to show what they can do. The team needs to find a way to either make permanent spots for those prospects or get them up to show what they can do to increase their value.
Something has to give on the back end soon IMO