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Originally Posted by Locke
Trading Johnny and Hamilton?
"This team loses a lot because it doesnt have enough talent! Lets take the most talented players and then trade them....."
Brilliant stuff.
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Flames management, and outside observers, seem to think a lack of talent isn't the only issue. Friedman made a comment on the problem a week or two ago and said something along the lines of "they tried to address it by bringing in outside guys, Brouwer and Hamonic."
It being character/emotion/buy-in. If bringing in secondary guys to address
it didn't fix the problem, you have to look at changing up the core. And that means moving talented players.
Obviously, you only make a deal if you think you're getting the same quality of player back. I'd suggest, for example, that Hamilton and O'Reilly are players of roughly the same quality. Making a deal with those two as the principles may well make the Flames more effective overall.