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Originally Posted by skcli
Trevling completely built this team in the wrong way. They are not tough like the Blues, they are not fast like the Leafs or even the Canucks. Most players, like the Tkachuk, Monahan, Levio and the likes cannot carry the puck into the offensive zone with speed. All the first line can do is either a stretch pass to Guadreau and hail Mary for a breakaway, or dump and chase which certainly they will lose the puck. Magiapane, Dube, Backlund can carry the puck into the O zone with speed but they always find no one to pass to. All of our high first round picks are underperforming, if too early to say it is a failure. The team is rotten from GM down to the players. If you use a medical term it is a tumor which needs to be surgically removed. The challenge is who can make the call, and how soon.
I have been watching the Flames since the early 1980ès. The last few years are the most frustrating experiences I have as a Flames fan for over 30 years.
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I agree the team has always needed speed. But which of the high first round picks do you blame Treliving for? Tkachuk or Bennett? Those are the only ones that are arguably high picks under him, and he really had almost no choice with either. Out of the three guys you mentioned with speed, two were drafted by Treliving.
I suppose he could have made some blockbusters to get speed, but that would have involved moving Monahan or Gaudreau, and can you imagine the howls if he did that? And it wouldn’t have likely gotten value.
This team needed to have a top 3 pick in the last 6 years.