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Originally Posted by dino7c
I don't think Tre was trying to tank the Flames he did seem a little reckless though...not much concern for the future when he knew he wouldn't be here.
Now he inherits the Leafs AFTER a rebuild is done and is walking their leading scorer to free agency
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Tre definitely didn't plan for the future. The way he handled negotiations star players was atrocious. He basically got out smarted by them all. He either let them walk themselves to free agency or handed out excessive retirement contracts.
Part of the reason the Flames structured the team the way they did was because the team was always right up against the cap. They couldn't give big players big contracts when they should have. Part of that problem goes back to Sutter.
Calgary was always relying on free agency to pick up the physical accessory players. Yet the team had been drafting almost nothing but big accessory players for a decade. They just couldn't find any that could actually play hockey, or even hit.