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Originally Posted by GioforPM
These were (obviously in hindsight) reasonable takes. But they still beg the question - what should Treliving have done about it? Trading them doesn’t make the team immediately better. Adding to them is difficult. So blow it up after the Avs series? Pretty ballsy.
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As mentioned, there was another 50+ games of evidence following the Avs series. Yes, it was messed up with Peters-gate, but the losing/winning streaks kinda cancelled each other out.
At the All-star break the Flames were looking more likely than not to make the playoffs, but there were a lot of teams in a tight race (we also had the worst goal differential outside of California.
http://www.shrpsports.com/nhl/stand....th=Jan&date=22
Intellectual honesty: the team has a puncher's chance, but last season is looking more and more like a mirage.
Coming out of the All-star break we lost 4 of 5, including the 8-3 drubbing by Loserville.
Intellectual honesty: something ain't right.
Then: W W L W L W L W until the trade deadline.
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
The 2020 TDL? I can’t see any possible move at that time that moves the needle, based on the team needs. Goalie and coach carousel? Sure. But I think the players have proven that coaching wasn’t really the underlying issue. Sutter will, in time, coax a few more points out. He’ll make the POs. But the exits will continue with this core.
Poor use of picks - that’s a complaint but it doesn’t change the present fortunes of the Flames. No pick that was traded except around the Hamilton acquisition (which was good) has had time to make any impact on an NHL team. You can, I guess, second guess that one into a Barzal draft. But now you don’t have Hanifin or Lindholm. You may wish to have the 2018 pick back, but that player is not impacting the Flames yet.
Neal was a mistake that impacted the team. Another $6M player could help. Enough? I kinda doubt it.
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Maybe we should forget about moving the needle immediately, when the team had so many needs? One step back to take two forward?
I still contend that we could have traded away Brodie, Hamonic, and Gaudreau (for a current/future mix) without significantly altering our odds of making the playoffs and winning a round or two.