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Originally Posted by lazypucker
Signing Markstrom is a semi-gamble for Treliving because I think he is banking on Wolf to make it as the Flames back up in 3 years, split duties in 4, and become #1 in 5 years. At that point, it will be Markstrom's last or 2nd-last year of the contract.
If this plan falls through, then we are in big trouble.
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I am sure everyone in Flames management is hoping that Dustin Wolf becomes a starting goalie inside of five years, but I very seriously doubt this is all they have planned for in the meantime.
Besides, what is the alternative? The Flames have a hole in their depth chart in goal because their two, high-end goalies that were drafted over the last decade have both succumbed to injuries and illnesses that have badly derailed their NHL prospects. No one can really plan for that; it just happens, and it sucks.
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Is Tanev a better defenceman than Brodie? I am not sure. Did Treliving tried to re-sign Brodie or Brodie had his sight set on Toronto and only Toronto, who knows...
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I don't think that Tanev is a better defenseman than Brodie, and I am fairly sure that the Flames tried to re-sign Brodie in free agency.
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And for any forward signings that come to the Flames, their production will automatically decrease by 15%-20%. It is what it is - typical Flames hockey. It is probably down to the mediocre coaches that the team always seems to latch on to.
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Well, that is silly. Where is your proof of this regression in scoring for forwards in the Flames lineup?