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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
How do you go to your proud team captain who has busted his but to climb from undrafted free agent to Norris winning defenseman that you want to move on from him? I just don't think Treliving would do that. Any team that may have interest is probably looking at a Stanley Cup window so the GM may get to a point where he has to ask if he wants an opportunity to win a cup maybe back out east where he's from. Then again if he wants to finish out his career in Calgary it's probably not the worst thing for the Flames as while he's not been his best this season he's still a good player.
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Bill in New England seems to have no issue with it, and he does ok. It's a business. A business with a limited budget. If you want to use some of that budget on heartwarming stories, that's fine, but it limits your ability to acquire assets that actually produce. And, yes, I know there is the whole chemistry/psychology aspect to it, so you have to weigh all that as part of it. But, given that we have accomplished absolutely nothing here, I do not see the need for legacy contracts for nice guys like Backlund and Giordano. At least the Hawks and Kings handed theirs out after multiple championships (and we still criticized them).