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Originally Posted by Beninho
I don’t know what happened behind closed doors, I do know this organization has a history of trading players before they should’ve. Alot of this is in hindsight, I do think the decision was hard for johnny and he probably gave management hints that he would consider. I think thats a verifiable fact at this point unless something came out that I missed. Flames were pretty awesome last year and to me it looked like they were on the cusp. We know what happened now but how could you trade Johnny last year or even the year before? We all would’ve said “what if” and “he is the new St.Louis”.
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The issue isn't whether the Flames kept/lost Gaudreau/Tkachuk. The issue is that those two were largely all the Flames had in terms of top tier talent. Treliving has been trading away futures to try to bolster a roster rather than drafting/developing one. Spending to the cap rather than paying top dollar for the best scouting/development talent available.
Unless we think the franchises that run circles around the Flames when it comes to drafting are just consistently lucky?