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Originally Posted by Bingo
Don't agree on Coleman at all.
I wish we had three of them.
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Coleman has 4 goalies and is a minus 2 over the past 15 games where the Flames are looking for difference makers every game
He isn’t a bad player , nor the problem , but spending 5$ a year on a player who tops out as a 20/20 guy through his mid 30s is another example of BT chasing an overpaid player and “winning” the bidding war
He’s the least of the UFA problems , but part of BT UFA trend
I would love 3 Coleman’s on entry level deals - If Duehr became a Coleman that is perfect . But you win paying these guys below market before they hit UFA then you let someone else pay them
The Flames work backwards then every other team in the league - Every other teams locks up their younger players /stars for 7-8 years and fills out the rest of their team with home grown talent
The Flames played hardball with their stars / were restricted due to cap problems caused by signing UFAs on offering more money but have no issue chasing the next great thing in UFA and paying for what will (usually) be a players down years
And then the team wonders why these mercenaries don’t play as hard as they did playing for teams that drafted them and when they were trying to prove themselves
BTs critical flaw is his judgement of UFAs values IMO. He is great at negotiating with his own players on contract renewals , but completely blows it and throws out all restraint when other teams are competing for the player. (Same thing happened with the Hamonic trade when the other Canadian Western teams were apparently competing for his services)
Maybe he gets too competitive about “winning” the player and it clouds his normally very business like approach , but how he acts when dealing with his players and how he acts when trying to acquire a fancy new object are completely different in regards to strategy and financial accumen