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Flash Walken · 02-25-2020, 10:32 AM

It's a 4 for me.

The deals done are pretty meaningless, it's the same playbook we've seen before from treliving.

Trade for a rugged big body defender with a recent significant injury history looking to spin straw into gold. If Tre is still on the job by July 1st and forbort appears healthy between now and then I think it's 9/10 likely he is re-signed and that conditional 4th becomes a 3rd, mimicking the Mike Stone acquisition.

Gustafson I don't think helps keeping the puck out of the net at all, and if the expectation for him down the stretch is to see significant minutes with the injury to hamonic, it could be a problem with the average goaltending the flames have been getting. The one-time weapon from the point feels like an old hockey cliche at this point. What we know is that point shots are the most innefficent shots you can take to produce goals because of the relative distance from the net and the amount of traffic between the shooter and the goalie.

If what Textcritic is saying is true that the flames are having no problems scoring but need help keeping picks out, then I don't see the point of this acquisition at all.

All things being equal it's better to have gustafsson on the point taking shots than it is hamonic, but I don't know if adding gustafsson is going to be some major goal scoring catalyst to the powerplay over the final 19 games of the season. Specifically, I feel like the flames have 2 candidates in Andersson and Kylington that could potentially provide the same impact, but are headscratchingly not deployed in that capacity. Gustafson also being a pending UFA means the Flames are looking at a 3rd round pick for 19 games, or signing a bottom pairing defender to an overpriced contract to avoid the free agency roulette. Again, shades of Michael Stone.

The flames have bled so many picks up to this point that I think these picks going out is pretty inconsequential right now. Picks or no picks, the dye has been cast years ago for whether this team has the necessary internal assets to compete, so I don't really care about the prices paid.

The major failure of this draft in my opinion is the trades that weren't made. I have to believe Brodie is as good as gone. Not realizing any draft or on ice compensation for next year on that expiring asset is ultimately a significant misstep for the organization. It would've been a misstep for any deadline, but seeing the prices that were paid specifically for the assets the flames had to sell, it's hard to justify losing both hamonic and brodie this off-season for nothing. Knowing what transpired at the deadline, I'm now even more confident predicting the flames will end up re-signing Harmonic, which will end up being a mistake from a value to performance ratio.

Ultimately the biggest criticism I have of how the management team approached the deadline this year is that I feel for the second straight year, they ran out of time. For me, that's a very damning critique as it speaks to a lack of plan.

6 years in you should know what you're doing and know what you've got by christmas, so to let a couple of injuries having you change course while still also contemplating moving Brodie as the rumours suggested, feels untethered and dithering. Being indecisive is one of the worst characteristics in a General Manager. As I've previously stated, timing is everything and I don't think treliving has it.

This deadline illustrated to me that nothing on that front has changed.

It appears to be a critical flaw.

02-25-2020, 10:32 AM	#92
Flash Walken Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The Void between Darkness and Light Exp:	It's a 4 for me. The deals done are pretty meaningless, it's the same playbook we've seen before from treliving. Trade for a rugged big body defender with a recent significant injury history looking to spin straw into gold. If Tre is still on the job by July 1st and forbort appears healthy between now and then I think it's 9/10 likely he is re-signed and that conditional 4th becomes a 3rd, mimicking the Mike Stone acquisition. Gustafson I don't think helps keeping the puck out of the net at all, and if the expectation for him down the stretch is to see significant minutes with the injury to hamonic, it could be a problem with the average goaltending the flames have been getting. The one-time weapon from the point feels like an old hockey cliche at this point. What we know is that point shots are the most innefficent shots you can take to produce goals because of the relative distance from the net and the amount of traffic between the shooter and the goalie. If what Textcritic is saying is true that the flames are having no problems scoring but need help keeping picks out, then I don't see the point of this acquisition at all. All things being equal it's better to have gustafsson on the point taking shots than it is hamonic, but I don't know if adding gustafsson is going to be some major goal scoring catalyst to the powerplay over the final 19 games of the season. Specifically, I feel like the flames have 2 candidates in Andersson and Kylington that could potentially provide the same impact, but are headscratchingly not deployed in that capacity. Gustafson also being a pending UFA means the Flames are looking at a 3rd round pick for 19 games, or signing a bottom pairing defender to an overpriced contract to avoid the free agency roulette. Again, shades of Michael Stone. The flames have bled so many picks up to this point that I think these picks going out is pretty inconsequential right now. Picks or no picks, the dye has been cast years ago for whether this team has the necessary internal assets to compete, so I don't really care about the prices paid. The major failure of this draft in my opinion is the trades that weren't made. I have to believe Brodie is as good as gone. Not realizing any draft or on ice compensation for next year on that expiring asset is ultimately a significant misstep for the organization. It would've been a misstep for any deadline, but seeing the prices that were paid specifically for the assets the flames had to sell, it's hard to justify losing both hamonic and brodie this off-season for nothing. Knowing what transpired at the deadline, I'm now even more confident predicting the flames will end up re-signing Harmonic, which will end up being a mistake from a value to performance ratio. Ultimately the biggest criticism I have of how the management team approached the deadline this year is that I feel for the second straight year, they ran out of time. For me, that's a very damning critique as it speaks to a lack of plan. 6 years in you should know what you're doing and know what you've got by christmas, so to let a couple of injuries having you change course while still also contemplating moving Brodie as the rumours suggested, feels untethered and dithering. Being indecisive is one of the worst characteristics in a General Manager. As I've previously stated, timing is everything and I don't think treliving has it. This deadline illustrated to me that nothing on that front has changed. It appears to be a critical flaw. Last edited by Flash Walken; 02-25-2020 at 10:38 AM.