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Originally Posted by Red
Exactly. GioforPM did a great breakdown on all the individual deals, but that misses the point that Treliving had a vision of a certain type of a team, but never delivered it. He was always busy making deals, some of them good, but those deals were not necessary.
Like New Era mentioned yesterday, the team badly needed a big RW for Monahan and Johhny, but Treliving made a move for Hamonic instead. This wasn't just a bad trade, it was a trade that was unnecessary.
I brought up Czarnik, Foo and Ryan as other examples of unnecessary moves. Even if they were not huge deals. So even if he won the UFA competition to bring them in, he didnt improve the team. And that should be his priority instead of winning trades or UFA wars.
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Ryan was a good signing on the whole
Czarnik was a guy that had potential to pop. Cost very little. I don't see the downside in that.
Similar to Foo. These college guys get signed all the time. Some of them become something. Most don't. But you want to be in on them. For many years the Flames were not.
Just b/c he signed guys like Czarnik and Foo doesn't mean he wasn't trying to move elsewhere.
I suppose the Flames could just sit on the sidelines while other teams sign players from college, europe and elsewhere.