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Originally Posted by Jore
Part of the reason there's been no trades has to be a lack of direction and vision too. Hard to make trades when you don't have a long term plan
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I wonder how much of that is related to not having a coach to build around? I could be completely wrong but the coach and GM need to work together to assemble a team based on a direction or vision. The coach is largely responsible for that as he is with the players all the time and has the best understanding of potential and of what is missing. The GMs role is to execute deals to give the coach the right pieces.
With the Flames lack of coaching ability over the last few years it was probably tough for Treliving to know what pieces to go after. Now with Sutter they can probably build things out slowly. I expect a few moves this offseason but also I expect an underwhelming team. But the following season going into Sutter's second full year of coaching things should look a lot better with significant improvement.