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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Not only the fact Treliving put the team in position to lose their 2 top 10 scoring superstars in the same offseason but he and the rest of the braintrust completely overestimated their supporting cast to think if they brought in Huberdeau, Kadri, and Weegar they wouldn’t miss a beat.
Agreed with the above the true best result would have been the dismantling of the team and acceptance of the rebuild where the Flames would be e tearing their third straight draft likely in the top 10 and likely be in a better spot to truly compete when the new rink opens vs where they are now.
What’s done is done and Conroy was able to take Toffoli, Lindholm, Zadorov, Hanifin, Tanev, Markstrom, annd Mangiapane and turn them into a collection of picks, prospects and younger NHLers. He is likely doing the same with Andersson this summer. He gave up a 2nd to bring in Frost and Farabee who are mid 20’s guys. The team picked 2x in the first round last year and have 2 1st this year and next.
I am super interested and excited to see how much or how little the flames do. I believe Royle when he states the Flames have 1-2 UFA’s they are looking at but more RFA’s and I assume trade targets they are after. I think it could be anywhere from a very quiet summer with Andersson being the big move to a summer where the Flames trade Andersson but also make a couple of acquisitions to bolster the lineup
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You didn't think Huberdeau, Kadri and Weegar could effectively replace Gaudreau, Monahan and Tkachuk? At least 80%?