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Originally Posted by bubbsy
I mean if one were to squint hard enough, perhaps lucic and a backup is what was needed in the tight checking latter half of the season and the series vs the avs......
Also, having deals leaked that includes who you were parting with sure must send a great msg to the players involved (not surprising to see the starts Brodie and a young guy like jankowski go thru). Furthermore, having deals continuously fall thru can also impact player perception of the franchise.
I don't think treliving has done a great job of having a gauge of this group and how to improve the team's direction nor the team's perception of its self.
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The Kadri trade leaking is far from a surprise and the same with Zucker as those were done deals. Agents, executives etc talk and that is bound to leak
What other pieces should the Flames have legitimately moved in the summer? I am sure they shopped Frolik, Brodie, and Jankowski all over the league. We heard there was a deal with Jersey that was close.
I think Treliving has done a good job for the most part when swinging blockbuster deals. Adding Lindholm and Hanifin looked to be a transformational trade and Lindholm is arguably our best all around forward.
His heist to get Hamilton in the first place was a phenomenal move for a team that had just unexpectedly won a round of the playoffs in year 2 of a rebuild.
At the end of the day I have the confidence that Treliving will make a good deal if he is trading core pieces this summer