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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
If you want my honest opinion, barring someone unexpected becoming available I think the goalie ship has sailed on this core. Treliving missed his chance when guys like Andersen, Raanta, Bishop and Jones were being moved around.
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Each of those scenarios was a tough beat for the Flames.
Bishop: We supposedly had deals for him on two occasions that fell through due to ownership/other issues.
Fleury: I think it's stated that even Fleury thought he was going to be a Flames player, but then the Pens decided to go with the agreed upon deal with Vegas.
Andersen: Flames simply were beat by a better offer from the Leafs. Leafs had the better pick in the range we wanted to spend, and the division rival Ducks were asking for much more from us. In retrospect maybe the Flames should have moved Bennett but I think we all would have been furious if they did that at the time (and Bennett probably becomes an elite pest in Anaheim).
Jones: Again a division rival wanted to trade him out of division and then San Jose gave up a lot to get him. I'm pretty happy we didnt't trade our 2016 1st round pick for him like San Jose did - I much prefer Tkachuk.
Raanta: This one was the one that was tough to gauge just how involved the Flames were in talks but the rumor was the Rangers wanted our 1st. Phoenix ended up paying 7th overall and a top prospect to get him and Stepan - once again the Flames just got outbid.
So easy to look at in retrospect and say the Flames should have gotten one of those guys, but each time they were involved and in the end the Flames were either just outbid or were getting asked for more.