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Originally Posted by mikephoen
I wanted to address the bolded part of your post above. It's possible that the other teams are offering a fair price for Flames assets, and Treliving is over-valuing his own players. In that case, a fresh voice could come in, look at the offers that are available and decide they're fair and make some deals.
Another possibility is that Treliving isn't well thought of by the other GMs. We know the GM fraternity is pretty much an old boys club, and like any club there are cliques within the club. Is Treliving one of the 'cool kids' or is he still an outsider? Maybe his reputation of being in on everything is starting to work against him because other GMs don't want to discuss the same valuations over and over. A fresh voice might sound great to other GMs, especially if the new GM is more aligned with the other old boys. If a new GM had won a Stanley Cup with Kevyn Adams, that could be the in the Flames need to make an Eichel deal.
It could be like the Calgary Event Centre negotiation. Once Nenshi and King stepped away from the table and some fresh voices became involved the deal got made in fairly short order. Sometimes all it takes is a fresh voice to move forward.
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I’d agree with you if Treliving had screwed someone over like Bergevan in Montreal. But he hasn’t from what I’ve seen. So I’m not sure if your scenario makes sense.