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Originally Posted by Macindoc
Sorry, I must have missed the other member of the solid 3-4 in your post. I assume it wasn't Brodie on the left side paired with his clone Brodie on the right side... 
The team identified that they were lacking starting level goaltending, a scoring right winger and a solid top four D last off-season. Treliving is of the belief that centres and defencemen are the most important building blocks, and if he couldn't get all three of the Flames' top needs, at least he filled the top two. |
The Flames would have been better off as an overall team going with Gio, Hamilton, Brodie, Stone, Kulak and finding a reliable 6 defenseman (with their deep prospect pool fighting for a spot), then using the 1st and two 2nds to acquire a 25-30 goal scoring winger. And if you need proof of that, look no further than last year's failure of a season and the fact that the Flames are now shopping a defenseman to fill the hole up front.