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Originally Posted by GioforPM
So let's assume you could tell Bennett wasn't a future 1C by the end of this rookie season. What 1C's should have the Flames acquired since 2015-16? They drafted 6 in 2016, got Tkachuk and no decent Cs were available there (apparently they would have taken PLD if he was there). Since then they've been nowhere near a top C to draft. Then there's trade or UFA. So who? And at what price (in a trade). The only big name UFA C I can think of is Tavares. He was going to Toronto. The only trades for Cs I can think of are PLD (which would have cost Gaudreau or Tkachuk and maybe more) and I guess Duchene, which would have been a huge mistake. Treliving did try and address C somewhat by getting Lindholm who he probably penciled in at 1bC even then.
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Nobody on CP has the answers to any of these questions. We’re not in the trenches, we don’t know what’s available and what isn’t available. We’re not privy to any vital details. It would be all fantasy land speculation that doesn’t go well in a place like this.
The only thing I will say is that the ultimate bungle of all, might have been the decision end the rebuild too quickly and yes that’s obviously a lot easier to say with hindsight. But it’s obvious now that the decision to trade all those assets for quick fixes probably wasn’t the best decision. It got the Flames to the middle, no higher, a bubble playoff team, sometimes out, sometimes in, 1st round fodder at most. Now the team is left with a pile of holes to fill without a ton of cap space to work with and a window that looks to be shut for the current core.
What else more can anyonw say at this point? We’re the mediocre Calgary Flames, been that way since 1990. 30+ years of mediocre rebuilds and mediocre runs.