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Originally Posted by Flamesfan05
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….
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Neal and Lucic are effectively the same and it’s far too soon to label Huberdeau a ‘bust’ if that’s the term you want to use. If anything I’d commend Treliving for wriggling out of an untenable situation with Neal and dumping him on their primary rival, no less. Regardless, the Flames can turn the page on that this offseason. I would also bet the decision to take the Panthers offer over a future based package and the subsequent contract extension for Huberdeau was not Treliving’s decision alone. Overall direction to stay competitive would have come from ownership, I would bet, because that’s how they’ve carried themselves for the past 20 years regardless of who the GM is.
No GM bats 1.000. They all make their fair share of mistakes and if they haven’t, it’s probably because they’ve been on the job for two days. In other words, just wait. That’s the cost of doing business as a GM.
On balance I’d say Treliving has done about as well as one should expect given the hand he’s been dealt from ownership. I suspect he walks this offseason. If the Flames were smart they would offer him the POHO, if he wants it. But if Treliving does walk, I think that will say a lot about how this organization is run.