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Originally Posted by TOfan
As for the goaltending issue, Treliving has been in on Murray, Anderson, Bishop, & Fleury. It is not as though he hasn't been present and active in trying to address this need. Whether the cost of the asset was deemed too high (Bishop) or the other organization was not interested in trading the player to a direct competitor (Ducks/Anderson) you can't say Treliving isn't well aware long term goaltending needs to be addressed.
In my opinion, Treliving is in the upper third of the GM's in the league today. His internal asset management has been exemplary. His trading also deserves to be commended & the organization's drafting has also taken a significant step forward.
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Exactly this. Imagine the trickle down effect for having traded assets for bishop or fluery. There is a good chance that Tkachuk is playing somewhere else, and we may not have had the assets to make the trades over the last few years to finally get Hanifan and Lindholm here. If he didn't have Hamonic here, would he be comfortable even trading Hamilton for a fledgling defender? Without those pieces, does Neal see enough in Calgary to want to sign here? If you like the skater roster for this season, but are worried about goaltending situation, you might not have ended up with the same skaters and a different goalie.
Say what you want about Brad T, he has a vision, he is constantly making moves towards it, but he has no interest in paying more for an oppritunity then what he thinks it's worth. Even with Smith, this trade turned out to be a pretty big win for a interim goalie. I think if you asked Treliving today if this was his ideal roster, he would say no, and proceed to get back on the phone to see what he can be doing to make it better. There aren't any flies settling on our GM, and I like that.