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Originally Posted by GioforPM
One more time: Vegas had a pretty much guaranteed extension from Stone. Calgary didn't. So Calgary could pay a rental price only. Or I guess they could have bettered Vegas and then seen Stone go to Vegas in the offseason. Great.
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I'm not saying the flames would have won the cup, and I'm not necessarily suggesting that the rental acquired had to be re-signed to still have helped this franchise.
I'm saying last deadline is one where MOST good GMs would have injected additions at the deadline, EVEN if it is a pure rental. Things are wide open this year, look at every playoff team having improved their roster via trade already!
The flames winning a round or 2, and the entire direction of the franchise changes. We basically went into this year ready to throw Monahan and Gaudreau out of town, questioning if they are good for anything.
Now Treliving not doing anything at last years' deadline, then doubling down and doing NOTHING in the offseason (yes yes, he tried, he tried hard, woulda-coulda-shoulda), finds himself in the weird predicament of not doing ANYTHING for a whole calendar year!
If that I isn't the definition and signal of spinning ones wheels and remaining right smack in the thick of mediocrity.