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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
But for player moves, I always go back to the 2018 summer.
I don't know how involved Treliving was in the ROR talks, but I wish he would have been more aggressive there. If he snaps up ROR that summer then he doesn't have the cap space (or top 6 need) to go out and sign "The Real Heel" James Neal.
That fricken team finished 2nd overall that season with Neal being a useless POS whiner. Imagine what they do with ROR instead...
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That is where I think the Hamonic trade enters the chat again. That deal coupled with the Lazar and Smith trades took away 5 draft picks that made it tough to part with more. The Flames would have been hard pressed to match the Blues offer that included Tage Thompson who was a 1st in 2016, a future 1st+2nd and cap dumps. The Flames likely could have put together a package that included similar pieces had they not traded such premium assets for Hamonic.