I don't trust Dreger for pretty much anything. A small step up from Eklund in my view. Take a small grain of truth and roll it into a steaming coil of unrealistic rumour.
The grain of truth is that the Flames are weak on the right side. In particular if you think Tanev is an injury risk. We do need someone capable of playing in the top 4 in that case.
The steaming coil in this case is that the Flames have no cap space. The unsigned UFAs are putrid and the trade market is frozen due to little cap space for others. Add in the fact that they don't even know when the season will start, and I don't see any reason to think they will make a move now. Once the season starts and it is clear they need to add, then fine. Trade deadline? Sure. It doesn't make any sense now.
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From HFBoard oiler fan, in analyzing MacT's management:
O.K. there has been a lot of talk on whether or not MacTavish has actually done a good job for us, most fans on this board are very basic in their analysis and I feel would change their opinion entirely if the team was successful.
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