I think those rankings are fair honestly. After losing Fox, Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Monahan and Bennett (all for different reasons) I would have a hard time giving the Flames a higher grade than D for "Cap Management", "Vision", "FA Signings", and "Roster Building". "Trades" were solid IMO under Tre, but so far we've only seen the Toffoli trade from Conroy and it hasn't exactly inspired A+ confidence, though I do hope that Sharangovich thrives here with more playtime.
The only category remaining where the fans have given them a higher grade is "Draft and Develop" which honestly is one area I'm perfectly happy with the Flames. Without picking in the Top-4 we've done very well over the last 10 years.
So yeah I'm not even upset to see those grades, if anything I think it shows that much of the fanbase are ready for changes and I think that starts with whatever they decide to do with Lindholm, Hanafin, Backlund. I know it's easy to look back and say they should have done this and that, but honestly last trade deadline was the the opportunity to move some of these guys, and now here we are with 6 upcoming UFA's in a lousy trade market with a ton of teams right up to the cap. "D" is accurate.
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