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Originally Posted by 3rd Degree
Was that team poised to go deep in the playoffs? Ie to justify an own rental?
The same thing happened with Iginla and Kipper. The Flames refuse to see the writing on the wall and make proactive instead of reactive moves. It’s one of the reasons they stay in limbo.
Imagine if they dealt iggy and kipper when they clearly should have. At least 2 years before they moved iggy.
The Flames can’t replace talent like the teams in Florida or other desirable destinations can. Therefore, they can’t afford to mismanage assets.
Gaudreau 100% should have been traded. That was gross negligence.
Not getting young blue chip prospects for Tkachuk was unforgivable. Pick a lane!
I love Conroy and his vision for team building. I’m cautiously optimistic for the future. I just hope ownership doesn’t meddle with a lipstick on a pig move to try to gain 2 games of playoff revenue.
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How was getting Weegar and Huberdeau for Tkachuk not “picking a lane”, especially when combined with signing Kadri? It just wasn’t the lane you wanted. And if Huberdeau put up points like he had the season before that Kane works fine. In hindsight, sure tearing it all down MIGHT have worked better (or not).