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Originally Posted by dieHARDflameZ
Hamonic is absolutely not the reason for our struggles so pointing the finger at him is just another pathetic attempt by you to cast a shadow on the wrong guy.
There are many other obvious choices. The trade may look terrible in hindsight if the team misses the playoffs but it was a calculated risk at the time.
My personal opinion on the position we’re in, in no specific order:
- Terrible special teams as a whole, specifically the powerplay.
- Inability to address the talent level on the bottom 6 although they’ve been better lately.
- Mike Smith getting injured. Our backups have not been good since he went down.
- As Kent Wilson put it, “the shocking decline of TJ Brodie”. Although this goes back a couple of seasons.
- Some absurd coaching decisions but I don’t think the team has quit on GG.
- Johnny and Monny disappearing at the absolute worst time.
Anyways, Hamonic is on a great contract with term remaining, he’s rock solid defensively and those guys don’t come cheap.
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I am not saying Hamonic is the reason why the Flames are undwhelming this year, I am saying he is player you pay for when you have all your peices in play and ready to make a run at the Cup. Treliving overvalued his assets and mortgaged what will be most likely a very good prospect this year, plus 2 2nd round picks. If you don’t think those 2 2nds are valuable just look at the prospects the flames acquired in the 2nd round the last 3 years.
We will be looking at the players picked around those spots in the next 3-5 years and be kicking ourselves for getting rid of those picks. We laugh at the Oilers trading the pick that ended up being Barzal but with the way Treliving has been dishing out picks it’s only a matter of time till we have the egg on our face.