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Originally Posted by Bingo
I'm just not a conspiracy guy.
Treliving doesn't have a terrible human being background. Nothing to support he a) wouldn't be smart enough to drive the best bargain he could or b) was tanking a franchise on the way out
Both are silly.
He felt that the team was closer than it was, and felt moving an asset to free up cap space to add Kadri would make them a contender.
He was wrong.
But the rest is way over the top in my opinion.
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What's over the top? My comment? I have never once said he's a bad human being. I never said he was the worst GM ever as that's probably over the top. I totally believe he was being reckless with Kadri waiting in the wings also being courted by the Islanders, he settled for a worse deal than he should have. I also never said he was tanking the Flames on the way out. This is stuff coming out of your mouth not mine. I believe at that time he knew it was going to be his last year with the Flames and I don't think future first round picks were things he was overly worried about knowing it wasn't going to be his problem. That's not a guy intentionally tanking the Flames and just a guy that's only looking one year ahead. One of his faults is that for years he thought the team was closer than it was trading draft picks like they were burning holes in his pockets. I find it kind of funny after all these years you just keep defending the guy despite ample evidence he was an average/below average GM that did some good things and a lot of bad things while leaving a mess for Conroy to deal with. Sometimes it's okay to admit you were wrong.