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Originally Posted by bubbsy
I don't know about that. His intention is to move this team into a contender. Contending teams do not trade roster players for picks. Picks are used at the deadline for big playoff runs.
If the flames are starting to make moves for more draft picks, it certainly won't be treliving, as he will be let go for not putting together a winning team.
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Not necessarily. Remember 2015 when Treliving dealt Glencross at the deadline for picks while the Flames were fighting for a playoff spot? In a certain sense, this approach is no different.
He has said on a number of instances that the organization 'has kids coming'. They do. In this case given the age of the core (for the most part), I don't see the Flames dealing picks at the deadline for stablished roster players. He has already done that.
My point is, he has the assets to do the opposite. The Flames could deal a player(s) like Bennett, Stone, Hamonic for picks while replacing them internally with players like Dube, Mangipane, Anderson, Valimaki, Kylington. It would not be surprising to see the only two p,ayers from today's blue line that are on the team in two years from now are Gio & Hanafin.
That will be the true sign of Treliving's success. Can he leverage the assets he has acquired through draft or trade back into draft picks (currency) to keep the organizational depth robust.