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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Again, this is precisely the problem. "We can't wait forever". I realize that Flames' fans have been waiting for a long time for a contender but this GM has only had a few years. If you cycle out GMs after only 3 years, you are creating that cycle I'm talking about. You need to give a regime more time.
And yes I think that they felt they were closer in the summer than they are now. So you adjust with that information now in place. I don't see the team making decisions to rebuild again though. I see that he probably made the right call at the deadline to not pay for rentals because the team hasn't exhibited the ability to consistently win. But nor did he sell of pieces or not re-sign Backlund which would have signaled a re-build.
By all signs the approach will be to go about addressing the roster gaps in the off-season
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Again, I'm not saying he should be cycled out at this point.
But I also don't agree that there should be an infinite time window where the GM makes good looking decisions on paper but the team never goes anywhere.
To me, when they traded away picks for Hamonic, that signaled a win mode now and Tre should be on the clock. He's made a decision to go for it and should be given maybe a few more (?) years to implement his vision.
But at the end of the day, there has to be results at some point.