Well we know he was available and being shopped.
We know the assets the Flames have. We know the contract status, and we know the Flames have not had an elite number one center in 30 years, and we know the Flames franchise record since about that time. We also know that Vegas got him, and they are a division rival.
We have a strong inclination that Treliving was talking to Buffalo about how to make it work. Also based on rumours, we have a (very I’d say) strong inclination that the Flames were either runner up or one of the last teams involved.
So I’d say that’s quite a bit we do know or have strong inclinations about and from these points above it’s extremely fair that people have questions and wonder what might’ve been and to levy criticism about the fact it did not happen.
At the end of the day it’s just a matter of opinion on what would have been better for the Flames. We’re all fans here.
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