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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Markstrom was a great signing. He was the premier goalie available that year and was wanted by multiple teams - the big fish if you will. He was one of the biggest free agent signings in franchise history. Even if he wasn't producing results, you can't argue with the signing at the time. At this point, that is moot since he is performing up to expectations.
That's the thing with the Brouwer and Neal signings at the time as well. The team needed those types of players at the time and the logic of signing them was sound. It's too bad that they didn't work out, but I can't fault Treliving for what he was thinking at the time.
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Had they been signed under Sutter he probably would have talked about their conditioning being poor. I think they likely would have been benched especially if their play was costing team wins. Sutter could see a mile away if their play on other teams was suspect, The guys brought in this season are hard working honest and play a 200 foot game.