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Vinny01 · 08-05-2018, 10:17 AM

I thought it would be tough for Treliving to top his summer of 2015 but he did it this year.

Coming off the surprising playoff run where he treated the deadline like we were rebuilding (Sven and Glencross for picks, waiver Dman pickup when we lost our top player). That team had magic and ends up going to round 2 despite Gio being hurt and being in year 2 of a rebuild. Many media, fans etc knew the Flames had a ton of luck that year and a drop off was highly likely. Wanting to reward the team and fans for that season while staying the course the Hamilton trade was perfect. The Flames landed a 22 year old top 4 Dman and licked him up to a solid 6 year deal. They then went to free agency and signed a 27 year old 2 way winger to a respectable deal. I thought both were perfect moves for the team at that time.

This summer with zero draft picks in the first 3 rounds and coming off a massively disappointing season Treliving trades Hamilton, Ferland (1 year from a payday) and Fox (3rd rounder whose stock shotnup and wasn’t going to sign) for a 21 year old Dman (5th overall pick in the draft he traded his first for Dougie) and Lindholm 23 year old right shot center winger who is also a 5th overall pick. Then adding Neal I’m free agency to address the need for scoring was huge. Czarnik and Ryan were both pursued by many teams but chose the Flames and they fit a need in the bottom 6.

08-05-2018, 10:17 AM	#51
Vinny01 Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: CGY Exp:	I thought it would be tough for Treliving to top his summer of 2015 but he did it this year. Coming off the surprising playoff run where he treated the deadline like we were rebuilding (Sven and Glencross for picks, waiver Dman pickup when we lost our top player). That team had magic and ends up going to round 2 despite Gio being hurt and being in year 2 of a rebuild. Many media, fans etc knew the Flames had a ton of luck that year and a drop off was highly likely. Wanting to reward the team and fans for that season while staying the course the Hamilton trade was perfect. The Flames landed a 22 year old top 4 Dman and licked him up to a solid 6 year deal. They then went to free agency and signed a 27 year old 2 way winger to a respectable deal. I thought both were perfect moves for the team at that time. This summer with zero draft picks in the first 3 rounds and coming off a massively disappointing season Treliving trades Hamilton, Ferland (1 year from a payday) and Fox (3rd rounder whose stock shotnup and wasn’t going to sign) for a 21 year old Dman (5th overall pick in the draft he traded his first for Dougie) and Lindholm 23 year old right shot center winger who is also a 5th overall pick. Then adding Neal I’m free agency to address the need for scoring was huge. Czarnik and Ryan were both pursued by many teams but chose the Flames and they fit a need in the bottom 6.