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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Yeah, it's crazy man.
I mean, St.Louis lost Pietrangelo for nothing.
Boston lost Krug for... nothing.
Arizona lost Hall for... nothing.
Vancouver lost Toffoli, Markstrom, and Tanev for... nothing.
Edmonton lost Larsson for... right, nothing.
Florida lost Hoffman for... nothing!
Toronto lost Barrie for nothing.
Washington lost Holtby for nothing.
Chicago lost Crawford for... nothing!
Tampa lost Shattenkirk for... you're catching on... nothing.
This was all before Columbus lost Panarin, Duchene, and Bobrovsky for nothing, the Islanders lost Lehner for nothing, the Sharks lost Pavelski and Nyquist for nothing, the Avalanche lost Varlamov for nothing... etc. etc. etc.
It's almost as though teams lose good players (or at least some with clear value), sometimes a number of them at once... for nothing, all the time, every year.
Or not. Maybe it only happens to the Flames. NBD.
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Many of those personnel losses are justifiable when the teams are in contention and going for something. The Flames are just awful and under Treliving are almost always trying to scrounge their way into the post season when they don't even deserve it.
When you lose an asset for nothing like Calgary has and just did based on the above hope and a prayer, it's just beyond sad and really, really bad management. Treliving stinks.