If Treliving wasn't creative enough to structure similar-value offers with what the Flames have on hand, he wouldn't be in his job. I really hate how the NHL has fostered this culture where everyone thinks it's really hard to structure a trade.
Saying a guy like Stone would screw up the whole cap structure I kind of get (although even there, you will always have options to make it work - see the Leafs). But saying a team couldn't have made a similar offer because they didn't have the same trade chips their competitors have is just nonsense, to me.
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