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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Sam had shown flashes in his 6 years here, and failed for a variety of reasons.
Playing him on the wing, the own pressure he put on himself as the highest pick in Flames history, trying to make him a grinder instead of an open ice skilled player, really just bad coaching in general TBH.
But really the fact is during the 19-20 season there were some metrics (Evolving Hockey’s GAR) that had him as the worst forward on the flames roster that season.
And even in the 20-21 season he showed some flashes when Sutter became coach but he didn’t really have a great start to that season either. Big part of that was coaching again when Ward asked him if he wanted to play Center & then saddled him on the 4th line instead of playing with Dube and Lucic.
But in the end he asked for a trade, probably wouldn’t have been protected in the expansion draft, and Treliving got two 2nd round pick equivalents in return.
It sucks he never worked in Calgary and the 6 years of them mismanaging him irritates me, but I don’t get irritated by the trade, it was the right move to make at that time based on what Sam had shown as a Calgary Flame, based on his trade demand, and based on the looming expansion draft.
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I don't think the trade was bad at the time considering the circumstances but I don't agree with saying that it would've never worked in Calgary. It was horrible mismanagement for years that lead to it not working here in the end, I think it absolutely would've worked if Tre hadn't brought in one dunce after another, year after year.