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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I think too many people gloss over the market and pressures and do not fully respect how difficult Calgary is to work. One of Sakic’s best deals was for a player the Flames had negotiated a deal but he refused to come here.
I am ready for a new GM. Either all in with Lombardi to win it all or more likely a fresh face to rebuild this team. Looks like they extended the window to have time to get a team together before a new building with the most recent delay.
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With the benefit of hindsight that Kadri+Brown for Brodie+Jankowski deal looks like it would have been an absolute fleecing had that trade happened.
It's really unfortunate that it didn't happen because I do think it's the shake up that team needed in the 2019 off-season.
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
"Steve Yzerman / Julien Brisebois (These two count as one for now because I think Brisebois has mostly just driven what Yzerman built over the finish line) "
I actually think that Brisebois was central to the cup wins. He developed a lot of the cup winning team in the AHL affiliate when he was AGM (and GM of the AHL team). And he was pretty significant in player personnel decisions under Yzerman as well.
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That's why he's on the list.
But the fact remains that he hasn't really had to build his own team yet, and took over a franchise that had probably the best core in hockey when Yzerman left. Easily had the best position to start with of any GM taking over a full time job in the last decade IMO.
He gets a lot of credit for actually trusting the youth though and knowing when to give a player a chance to develop and prove himself at the NHL level. Something Treliving has struggled with in recent years.