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Originally Posted by Monahammer
I don't care at all about Emil Heinemen. Not a difference maker. But trading a 1st to get out of 1 year of Monahan and then anchoring the salary to Kadri was a stupid move when it was made, and has only looked worse since. Just terrible decision making.
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1) The Flames lost two elite players last off-season. They got one back in the Tkachuk trade.
2) Ownership didn’t want the team to take a step back, so management’s mandate was to go out and get another high-end difference-maker.
3) Kadri was the best skater available on the UFA market last season. In order to fit him into the cap, 6+ million had to be moved out. The cost of moving out that size of contract was a mid-to-late-round 1st.
So given 1 and 2, what do you think Treliving should have done differently at step 3? Who should he have added to the team, and how should he have acquired him?