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Originally Posted by really?

Chips pushed in....

This is going for it, and the price is substantial. I wouldn't have done this deal, but you have to respect the commitment to go for it. This sends a message to the team that leadership believes in them, and now (this year and next) is the time to make a run at the cup. If you're in management, and you believe in the team you've iced this is the right move, and with their effort this season, this group deserves their shot. If the Flames don't win the cup over the next two years, Treliving will be gone, and the team is another step down the rung in two years. Hard not to acknowledge his resolve.

I respect the compete, finish and professionalism of Toffoli, but I don't believe this makes the Flames faster up front, and that may end up being the fatal flaw. Hopefully I'm wrong and this group can will it's way to a cup, we shall see, but even someone who is not a fan of the deal has to appreciate the commitment to team and fans.

For too long the Flames have been neither fully committed to the present or the future, and that flacid approach produced predictable results. Good on management for being definitive and good on this group for earning this boost.

Agreed. They made a call one way or another.