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Originally Posted by atb
To me this is another huge strike against Treliving (first being coaching choices). His drafting department is seemingly one of the best in the league, yet Treliving left them with league bottom draft capital. I don't know how much of this ownership pressure, but it's really disheartening to think of where the Flames would be if they hadn't rushed the rebuild.
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Yup I've never disagreed with that. But I also think it was based on a somewhat logical assumption that the team's core was going to continue to progress.
But yes I think they prematurely used draft capital to try to accelerate the contention window.