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Originally Posted by TOfan
None of this is assured. There’s no more reason to believe that if Treliving signed Gaudreau in ‘21, or was signing the teams own free agents to more lucrative deals that the Flames would have or would be better off today. The Oilers did exactly that with Hall, Eberle, RNH etc. should Treliving have handed Sam Bennett 6x6?
Treliving deserves his fair share of responsibility but it’s far more likely the reason the Flames are in the gutter today, as you put it, is because they’re a smallish Canadian market in the middle of nowhere with an aged arena. The Flames had and will continue to have an uphill battle to keep and attract high end talent.
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No that is hand waving away all the mistakes Treliving made. He was terrible with coaches and he boxed himself in with his crappy UFA signings. Tkachuk had to bridge because of cap. That’s on Treliving and dipping into the free agent market. He is doing the same thing in Toronto.