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Originally Posted by Ped
Not a Treliving fan by any means, but Vegas had a leg up for two reasons: 1) It's widely assumed Buffalo was particularly interested in Tuch because hes local and they have issues keeping players. Whether or not they consider Lindholm better, Tuch is the more attractive asset.
2) Because so many GMs misplayed the Vegas expansion draft, they ended up with a wealth of assets where they can afford to overpay. It's going to catch up to them eventually, but it's why they're always in the market.
Having said that, I've said it before and I still believe that eventually Vegas is going to run into problems always chasing after the shiny new toy on the market, because they have to lose guys to get those players, to fit them into the cap. They're clearly in win now mode, but they haven't really gotten better in terms of results, and when they sink, it might be quickly.
As for Treliving, you can point to a myriad of excuses and reasons and what not, but he hasn't been able to get it done, and he seems to be making a lot of the same mistakes. That's not his problem alone; it seems a lot of GMs do this, for a a variety of reasons. It doesn't mean he can't change, but sometimes change is needed, if at least for someone to just try something different.
30 years of franchise failure (mostly) has nothing to do with Treliving so laying that at his door is silly. But the last 7 years is on him, good or bad.
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I have said it for a few years now but the Flames should have hired a winning GM with experience. An experienced winner if you want to get from point A to point B a little sooner without some unnecessary mistakes. From the beginning, we saw Brad lean on what he anticipated would be the right coaches for this team which led to some hiccups, and a couple of coaches maybe over their heads, the 3 headed monster. The downside, maybe not getting the most out of the team overall, lost opportunities for Gio and Backlund. Sinking money into players who couldn't live up to their contracts, in turn, handcuffing the team's ability to perform while losing opportunities to add some higher caliber players. Unfortunately, these are mistakes other GMs make.
The team is in a slump, they just played some tough opponents and need to have a good game to get back on track. The Treliving thread gets bumped every time the team slumps but if they can be that hardest working team we saw earlier, get some wins in and do something useful at the deadline I think we can have a good playoff. I have seen enough, I still believe this team can start feeling it again.
For the future, the one thing the Flames need to do better is get rid of players who are past their due date while they still have value. Hanging onto Gio, Backlund until we can't exchange them for quality pieces only puts the team in steeper decline. Would like to see more trades like Hamilton and Ferland, putting the team back on the upswing. We need to know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em and when to em cash in.