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Originally Posted by The Cobra
All very true, but there are dozens of teams that can say the same thing.
You roll the dice and take your changes.
With 32 teams, the odds are always stacked against you.
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Yep and losing Gaudreau for nothing will massively increase the odd stacked against them. I believe as a GM you can never let yourself get into situations where you lose leverage over your assets. It's only forgivable if you are a team on the cusp of winning a cup like the Avalanche, Lightning or even Panthers. Flames were coming off a miserable 2020/2021 season and were not a team on the cusp of winning anything so this was clearly a bad miscalculation by management. I really enjoyed the last season but fan memories are short and the reality is that we are facing the slow decline of this team. There's no blue chip players in the organization to replace Gaudreau or Tkachuk. I'm sure Treliving may be able to sign a UFA or two to slow the bleeding but the team is going to get worse and not even Darryl Sutter's coaching is going to be able to overcome that.
As a day one Calgary Flames fan I've been through a lot of the ups and downs (mostly downs) and as I have aged I get a little less upset about all the disappointments, missteps, and just focus on day to day enjoyment of being a fan as that's really all there is. I know Treliving won't be the last GM of the Flames and I hold out hope the next GM will be able to do what he couldn't and that's build a Stanley Cup winning roster. All you can do as a fan is hope for better days ahead.