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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I think it remains to be seen at this point. VGK failed to advance past the first round last year, and certainly does not look like an obvious Cup threat today. Even with Hall in the lineup for the balance of the season Arizona looks like a team that will struggle to score. On the other hand, I think teams can get themselves into big trouble by losing sight of long-term goals for short-term wins over division rivals.
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First off, I don't see anyone posting here that suggests the Flames could not have beaten Arizona's offer. This is a straw man. Second, I'm still not convinced that 45 games of Taylor Hall in Arizona is even remotely an unacceptable risk for the Flames to make. They have only one game remaining between them, in Calgary, and as mentioned above, even with Hall added to the Coyotes roster I am not convinced they are a better team than the Flames.
Maybe it's just me, but I much prefer the more calculated approach of Treliving to the hair-on-fire reactionary freak-outs by some of the fans.
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I resent this, as I have been advocating to trade for another game breaking player to support this core for 2+ years now. There's nothing reactionary about this, nor is it a freak out.
Regarding the risk- how can you be so confident that the hart winner from two seasons ago, who dragged a much worse team than the current Coyotes into the playoffs on his own, will not impact that club? There is more evidence to suggest Hall will have a transformative impact to their offense than not.
I disagree entirely that this is acceptable risk- if you were in a corporate setting and allowed two competitors to gain trade advantages over you in a scenario where you could have acquired those advantages, you would be in trouble. Treliving has been the best GM the flames have had in decades, but this is a major strike against him IMO.