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Originally Posted by Robbob
I know Treliving gets a lot of flack for the above, but you also need to include trades which brought picks in. At the end of the day I don't think it is that bad. The only one that stands out is the Haminoc one.
2nd, 3rd for Glencross
2nd for Baertschi
2nd, 4th for Hudler
2nd for Russell
6th for David Jones
7th for Kanzig (only reason I added this is because Wolf was selected)
3rd for Neal
4th for Frolik
extra two 3rd for trading back in the Zary draft
3rd for Rittich
2nd for Bennett
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Having these good trades (except that Bennett trade, awful) to combat the bad trades doesn't make Treliving a good GM though.
Treliving's best work was definitely in those first few years though where he flipped Russell/Hudler/Glencross. The Flames should have still been doing those types of trades in recent years. Like last year when the Flames were battling for a playoff spot just like they were when we traded Glencross - we should have traded pending UFA TJ Brodie. Instead of making a smart trade like he did with Glencross, Treliving spent a 3rd and a 4th on irrelevant spare parts. When we should have walked away with an additional 1st, we ended up short a 3rd and a 4th.