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Originally Posted by traptor
I feel like the same was said with the moves Tre made after Gaudreau came along. Hamonic was only 27 and played with us for 3 years. Could of been longer.
Dougie was what, 23 or something. Had the makings of a long term move.
Tres UFA signings were thise midterm ranges too.
It just feels very similar to me. Obviously not the exact same, but a very similar vibe and timeline.
If anything it was more patient that time around, because we did bottom out for a couple seasons.
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Hamilton was a present and future move but I wouldnt' say Hamonic was. That was a now trade.
I think saying that Treliving showed more patience is kind of jumping the gun. It's not Conroy's fault the team exceeded expectations so early. It looked like they were on their way to bottoming out for 2-3 seasons and things may still go that way next season.
Signing Rantanen would change the narrative a bit but I wouldn't worry about it unless it happens. If you read cmpdave's replies all he says is Rantanen views the Flames as an legit option so he must see something promising in them.