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Old 04-20-2019, 11:43 AM   #233
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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist View Post
I view it as three seasons of deadline failure. This year the team didn't add the right pieces at the deadline. Maybe they were shopping and were out bid? Maybe guys didn't want to come to Calgary? Maybe they didn't want to spend what was required? In any case I view those as Management failures. Last year, if I recall correctly, the Flames were a wild card bubble team going into the deadline. They could have been in on the deadline action and made a strong push for the playoffs but they sat back and watched and had a terrible stretch drive causing them to miss the playoffs. 2017 was the same sit back and watch attitude at the deadline with a team that was borderline playoff contention.

Treliving, or whomever, is just too timid to make bold moves at the right times.
Yup, we needed to do something...we were not good enough to be so complacent at the deadline. Also, I don't like the line of thinking that we will wait and see and then go from there. That is next year golf talk.
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