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Originally Posted by Bingo
That wouldn't be my interpretation.
Teams have limited assets, limited cap space, and the market is limited to only x number of players that fit your needs and 30 other teams competing for them.
You can't fix the entire laundry list in one off season.
He went after goaltending and locking down the defense core, but he knew that he was relying on internal growth and some luck up front, was honest about it and said as much to Bob McKenzie.
The process shows that this wasn't a win now or else year from the owners or the management.
His recent quotes suggest he thought they'd be further along than they are, but he always knew scoring was the next area to tackle.
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I'm really surprised to read this, Bingo.
Moving 2x1sts, 4x2nd, a 3rd and a 5th on 3 defenders in three years it not in any way addressing the structural issues plaguing the organization. It's like buying bandaids for internal bleeding.
The team has spent through the nose just to look respectable. This hasn't addressed in any way the structural failings of the club and in fact has made them worse.
You can't fix the laundry list in one season, and you certainly can't fix it by trading away draft picks for developed roster players. The Lazar trade should be an outright scandal right now for a team that looks like it might not make the dance this year.
In consecutive deadlines they've moved out draft picks for warm bodies. This is largely the same strategy employed by a long list of Flames general managers up to this point, Treliving just happens to be better at making trades and we don't yet have the benefit of hindsight to judge how truly awful or remarkable these trades are.
Like I said in another post, the team has 4 playoff round wins in 29 years. Moving a ####load of draft picks in consecutive seasons for basically 0 ROI in terms of success is an abject failure.