The Flames got absolutely nothing for Iginla, Bouwmeester, Regehr, or Kiprusoff. Gio and Brodie were coming into their own when he took over and yes Monahan and Gaudreau were excellent pieces.
I agree he should be blamed for the free agent signings. Having said that the lesson is to not sign free agents. Calgary is a place you have to overpay to get players to come here.
I think I understand what you would prefer which is the Chevy approach. Basically be extremely patient with drafting and make the occasional trade and hope you hit on the 5 top 10 picks in 7 years and see if that builds a winner. I can respect that patient approach but I would hate to wait that long to see a window last 1-2 years.
I like that Treliving has been aggressive with his team building but can admit there have been a few mistakes along the way. I am personally a massive fan of both Hamilton trades and if this season ends poorly I would be okay with him in charge of moving a couple of core pieces.
Last edited by Vinny01; 11-23-2019 at 10:32 PM.
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