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https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...-season-moves/

“We’re not done,” insisted Flames GM Brad Treliving, who avoided arbitration by inking Andrew Mangiapane to a two-year extension at $2.425 AAV Friday.

“We don’t expect this is the team we’ll go to training camp with.”

After all, the trademark of this team might just be how tight-knit a group it is.

Treliving saw it up close in the Edmonton bubble, and the players echoed that in their exit meetings and subsequent media interviews.

They want another chance together.

Sure looks like they’re going to get it.

“You always try to be patient with the team and I do like the core of our group,” said Treliving.

“It has progressed. We have taken steps. But if I can do something to make our team better I’ll act on it. We haven’t made a deal because we haven’t found one that’s made us better yet. But at the same time it doesn’t necessarily mean we’re done. It’s a hard question to answer. I think it’s a very close-knit group, but I’m not going to sit here and not make a deal because they’re tight-knit.”

The priority now is adding depth on the right side of their blue line and a fourth-liner or two who can kill penalties.

“Role guys are important people,” said Treliving, whose club said goodbye to penalty killing specialists Tobias Rieder (Buffalo) and Mark Jankowski (Pittsburgh) last week.

“We’re going to look to add character individuals to play hard roles like PK.”