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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
The Avs have a good cap situation because they have largely built from within and have avoided the temptation of UFA quick fixes. After buying out Brouwer the Flames went directly back to the UFA well with Neil. Treliving has had a rough go of it when it comes to free agency as he didn't learn from his mistakes.
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Treliving got burned by UFA’s because he spent too many picks on other players. Moving 3 known picks for Hamilton you do that deal all day. The unknown picks for Hamonic? Worst move he has made as GM. Adding picks for Lazar, Elliott, Smith they really lacked the assets to make future trades. They could definitely be in the O’Rielly mix if they don’t make the Hamonic trade. The year they looked to be a contender they lacked the assets to go get Mark Stone because they already had a bare cupboard.
End of the day the 2015 run was definitely a curse as I think that pushed the timeline ahead and the players they thought would carry them in Monahan, Gaudreau and Bennett just didn’t pan out to the level they needed to in order for this build to work