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Originally Posted by dustygoon
When signing Kadri, how did Treliving not contemplate and factor in this type of contract for Lindholm coming down the pike?
It basically was a choice between Kadri or Lindholm at these prices.
He chose paying a 32 year 2nd line center $7mm a year vs paying a 29 year old 1st line center $8.5mm a year.
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I think it’s pretty obvious what was going through Treliving mind:
1) he was going for the Cup, thought he had the roster, the goaltending, the centre depth, the defence, the coach;
2) I think he knew he was leaving. Win or lose, he was going elsewhere and he had his eye on the Leafs job, his dads favourite team. They had the connections and it is the biggest job in the league. Everything worked out exactly as planned.
In my mind, there is no way Treliving was coming back. Even if the Flames had succes this year and won the cup, he was leaving, he wasn’t going to wait for Huberdeau and Kadri to become anchors on the team. When they became abhors immediately, AND he had an easy scapegoat in Darryl, it was an easy decision to jump ship. His brand was still good as evident by how quickly he got picked up. If he re-signed with the Flames, his brand would take a hit each year as those big contracts look worse and worse.