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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Treliving took the team over very early in a rebuild so there were obviously a couple of bad years in there. If the next GM that takes over the team and wants to rebuild get ready for similar or worse results.
The whole 1st round pick thing doesn’t really jive for me especially if people really open their eyes they will see that 2018 is really the only gap.
2014- Bennett + 2 picks in the second round
2015 - pick is traded for Hamilton 3 years later Hamilton is traded for a 21 year old former 5th overall pick 2015. The Flames recouped a player taken 10 spots ahead of their original pick just 3 years later + they drafted twice in the 2nd round
2016 - Tkachuk + 2 picks in the 2nd round
2017 - Valimaki and here is where we start to see a lack of picks
2018 - brutal Hamonic trade sees NYI select Dobson with our pick
2019 - Pelletier but no 2nd rounder
2020 - Zary and finally back to having a 2nd
Yes the Hamonic trade was absolutely brutal as if you want to be technical the flames did not actually draft in round 1 in 15 in addition to 18 but it all worked out in the end with the Hurricanes blockbuster which has the teams best forward and too young Dman locked up for under $5M
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It’s more than just the first round picks that are the problem. In the last three drafts no team has made fewer selections than the Flames have in the first two rounds of the draft. Treliving has leveraged the future to build the roster he has today/had for the last few seasons, and they haven’t won a playoff series since 2015. That’s just bad.