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Vinny01 · 08-17-2021, 01:37 PM

I was/am willing to give Treliving the offseason to right the ship but he is running out of time.

This offseason has been mediocre to potentially a disaster so far. While a Gio for Zadorov swap helps the flames in the physicality department it is also a big downgrade in overall talent. Coleman is a nice enough add but didn’t come cheap and while he, Pitlick, and Lewis are an upgrade on Ryan, Leivo, and Nordstrom it is nothing earth shattering and Coleman comes with huge term and fairly big dollars.

Monahan, Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Backlund remain as the longest standing members of a Flames forests group that has needed a shakeup for a long time. The blueline has eroded as the once hyped top 4 of Gio-Hamilton, Brodie-Hamonic have all left (all but Hamilton gone for nothing). The forward group has not really had much change in the last 3 years after Lindholm was added. Mangiapane has emerged but others have regressed.

Treliving said changes had to be made this summer but so far it has not been satisfactory. Time is running out to make a big change but if this is largely the group they go into camp with then I am ready to get a new GM. The bare minimum is no further changes are made then Gaudreau needed a new contract. It is upsetting they have allowed his leverage to kick in and not have a deal done already.

08-17-2021, 01:37 PM	#4693
Vinny01 Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: CGY Exp:	I was/am willing to give Treliving the offseason to right the ship but he is running out of time. This offseason has been mediocre to potentially a disaster so far. While a Gio for Zadorov swap helps the flames in the physicality department it is also a big downgrade in overall talent. Coleman is a nice enough add but didn’t come cheap and while he, Pitlick, and Lewis are an upgrade on Ryan, Leivo, and Nordstrom it is nothing earth shattering and Coleman comes with huge term and fairly big dollars. Monahan, Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Backlund remain as the longest standing members of a Flames forests group that has needed a shakeup for a long time. The blueline has eroded as the once hyped top 4 of Gio-Hamilton, Brodie-Hamonic have all left (all but Hamilton gone for nothing). The forward group has not really had much change in the last 3 years after Lindholm was added. Mangiapane has emerged but others have regressed. Treliving said changes had to be made this summer but so far it has not been satisfactory. Time is running out to make a big change but if this is largely the group they go into camp with then I am ready to get a new GM. The bare minimum is no further changes are made then Gaudreau needed a new contract. It is upsetting they have allowed his leverage to kick in and not have a deal done already.