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Originally Posted by The Cobra
I'm not sure if anyone should really be talking about trading for Vanek and making a playoff run in the same sentence.
Calgary fell off the rails when Smith went down.
Now, if you want to complain about Treliving not trading for a better goalie to use down the stretch, you might getting some traction on this board.
But Vanek?
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This team relied on 2 players this season to win them the majority of their games. Johnny Gaudreau and Mike Smith. The Flames' best winning stretches this season coincided with Johnny's point streaks, in other words, he was carrying this team on his back. With Smith, when he wasn't standing on his head, it was tough to win.
That's not a recipe for long term success. The Flames need more high end scoring and they need it ASAP.