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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I mentioned this last night but I think Brad Treliving needs to stop being so passive at the trade deadline and acquire some rental players to fill gaps and provide the neccesary support for a playoff run. If the Flames are in a playoff position next year the top guys need to evaluate the line up, identify the weakness and make some moves. I get the feeling that instead of making moves and helping the team he supports his existing pieces too much and believes that they can shift roles for a playoff run.
That strategy has not worked and will not work. I know that many folks here don't necessarily like the idea of rentals for the playoffs but it is an approach that has worked before elsewhere.
Look ( https://www.nhl.com/news/2018-19-nhl-trades/c-289968698) at all the work that teams like Winnipeg, Columbus, Nashville and Dallas did going into the stretch and playoffs. Are they better because of it and are they seeing playoff success? In my opinion, yes. |
I think what you are failing to acknowledge is lifecycle point of the team and correlation to deadline moves. This is the first year BT has likely thought it even worth considering a deadline move to improve the club, and certainly the first it would have potentially helped. He didn’t like the prices or he got outbid this year.....but I don’t think we know that he needs to change his strategy, we still need to see what it is now we have a team fully in its window.
This is the problem with cheering for an org. tgat has not delivered much playoff success over the decades, the fans base patience and timelines are often miss aligned with realities of the current version of the team, which puts pressure on everyone from manager to players to have to be ahead of schedule or feel like they need to make up for others failures.