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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I understand differing views on Treliving but I can’t agree with suggesting the team’s current state is based on a lack of assets when he started six years ago. He had a young team, young star talent, excess draft picks, swimming in cap space and zero initial expectations allowing him to trade players for picks.
IMO he was set up better than any Flame GM in history.
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To me, this is the most underdiscussed aspect of why the flames are where they are at.
Someone referenced earlier that the Elliot trade was ok because the Flames needed a #1 goalie.
I feel like, wait a second, why exactly did they need a #1 goalie? They just stunk out the joint the year before. Bennett was only 19. They still had hot garbage like Wideman and Raymond and Bollig on the roster the year before. They had 2 defenders in their top 5 in scoring.
Why did they 'need' to add Lazar and Stone at the deadline? This was early in the rebuild?
That's what is so damning to me. It's not just missing on trading away picks, it's trading away picks in the first place when your team has no business trying to compete.
If you have an asset deficit 6 years into your tenure as General Manager, it's because you created one.