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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
The Flames were in no-man's land today. In a playoff spot, so they can't start selling off everybody. Not a good enough team to 'go for it'. Don't need depth players as their depth players have been quite good. Hamonic hurt. Lots of things going on.
This team needs the core forwards, their best players, to be their best players. As long as Gaudreau, Monahan, Lindholm and Tkachuk aren't consistently the team's better forwards every night they won't go far, like this season has shown us. And you're not going to trade those guys today, the summer is when you start rebuilding your roster with major moves.
I'm not going to rag on Treliving today, the prices were high for buyers. The only thing I think I can look back and maybe be negative about him was his willingness/commitment to the core of this team after the playoffs, saying they deserved another shot at it after having a solid regular season for the most part last season. In retrospect, they should have blown things up before the season, as the team we saw in the playoffs was basically what this team is........not good enough.
This summer will be busy, I think. I would not be surprised to see both Gaudreau and Monahan gone, a new coach, and some other moves here and there. I think this team looks much different in October. Lots of nice pieces in Calgary, make the right moves in the summer and this team could be very good again quickly.
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I was hoping for more moves today, but BT was in a tough spot. He knows what the team can do (look at last year), but they have been pretty average/horrible for most of this season (specifically Johnny and Mony). With the injuries on the backend, but still being in a playoff spot, his hands were tied.
The above says it best... they need their best players to be their best players. If Johnny/Mony/Lidholm/Tkachuk/Gio don't play like their paid to play, no addition will really matter.