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Originally Posted by TOfan
In theory, I agree. I would like to see a little more long term thinking with the Flames, but look at their history. They have consistently short cut themselves and this approach was well underway before Treliving came about. This is an ownership issue, not the GM. I would argue, if there was one fatal flaw with this rebuild, it was Sam Bennett not realizing his potential, or even close to it.
Back to Winnipeg, they also had the good fortune of leaping several draft spots in a strong draft the ultimately landed them PLD. This isn’t unique to Winnipeg either. Dallas kept several spots to have Heiskanen. Philly drafted 2OA.
The Flames haven’t had that stroke of luck.
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Well I guess we should just fire ownership right? Like send Murray Edwards and co their pink slip and let Brad Treliving go on forever. I don’t know what ownership says, I don’t think any of us can know for certain. Everyone though ownership was too cheap to hire an “elite coach” and they proved a lot of people wrong. So maybe picking on ownership is not fair. They’re not the ones trying to execute the game plan either, that’s 100% Brad. We’re pretty fortunate in that we have an ownership group that can spend to the cap and do not meddle. So again, comes down to Treliving. He’s had a very ideal situation and let’s call a spade a spade here. He severely underperformed just like his players did.
I can see very clearly that you’re a Brad Treliving fan, so I’d be curious to know where you draw the line. At what point would you say enough is enough Brad, you’ve had your chance?
Also, that #2 pick in Laine or PLD is not what makes the Jets good. Heck, they were kicking our butts without Laine or PLD in the line up. The Jets are good because their core is lead by an elite #1 center in Mark Scheifele and they have built through patience by drafting great core players in every position. They have depth everywhere on the ice and if they still had Byfuglien patrolling the blue line, they probably would’ve been perennial Stanley Cup contenders last season and this season.
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