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Originally Posted by TOfan
Not at all what I’m saying.
Flamesfan 05 is saying Treliving gets to spend to the cap every year and therefore there’s no excuse for the team not to be a contender, or he sucks, or however you want to spin it from that point.
What I’m saying, is that spending to the cap is not painting the full picture, at all. If the Flames wanted to they should be able to spend in the top half, at least, of the league on their full operations. Building, staff, players, all of it. We don’t get to see what the Flames spend on hockey ops. So, while they publicly can say ‘we spend to the cap’, I’d bet they spend in the lower half on coaching, scouts, hockey management, facilities etc.
Not having, at the very least, modern off ice facilities for the team at this point is almost inexcusable. That’s on the owners. Enough is enough, get a deal done. The Flames spending to the cap rings as hollow as a OJ Simpson claiming he’s scared of moving back to LA because he might run into the killer.
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I don’t know how much they spent on other stuff so I can’t comment. I agree on their cheap building.
But blame it on other spending is just as bad if not worse than me saying Treliving had the ability to spend max on players and wasted them on Neal, Lucic, and about to on Huberdeau etc….