Any other GM we have had in the past probably would have added significant assets to get Stone or some other highly touted forward.
Treliving gave offers for probably a lot of forwards and wouldn't budge on them. He knows that he does not have to make a move if the team that he has constructed over the years is finally paying off, as we all see in the standings.
Thank you, Treliving.
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dude he's a bottom-pairing defenseman. there's no part of his game that's a big weakness. there's no part of his game that's a big strength. he's a solid bottom-pairing defender. he's not a big guy, he's not particularly fast, he's not a shutdown defender, he's pretty good at moving the puck, he seems to take wrist shots from the point when he has the opportunity. he's just not a great defenseman. but he's not a bad defenseman either. he's boring, and sometimes that's a good thing on the bottom pair. he doesn't have a weakness, but he doesn't have a strength either.
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Off the cuff, he kinda reminds me of Jokipakka (sp?)
Not a big piece for the future. But a guy who is older and has played in the playoffs, and can slot into the lineup in the 3rd round when Brodie injures his shoulder.
A lot of the rental prices weren't very high. Zucarello, Stone, Dzingel, Johansson, and Granlund all went for less that most expected.
Treliving seems to be acting like the prices were crazy, but they're really weren't.
Again, I didn't even want the Flames to get most of these players anyways. But Treliving's rationale seems to be a bit inconsistent with reality.
I guess that depends on the ask from the team.
I actally think the prices were pretty high. Flames didn't have the 2nd that upgrades to a first if they win a couple rounds. Is Zucarello worth 2 first rounders?
Dzingel was a pair of second rounders and Duclair. A bit much for rental.
Stone I think the teams had a trade done in principle, but fell apart at the contract extension. No way the Flames could give him the 9.5M to 11M, especially over 8 years.
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I agree in that I'm not sure why you'd give up a 4th round pick for this guy, but I do think they are semi-worried about the young guys in the playoffs.
Prout is basically un-usable in the playoffs so its this guy vs Stone for the 8th man if someone gets injured.
The day after the Academy Awards, Brad Treliving had no shiny golden statuette to dazzle guests with on his mantel at home.
But he did manage to pick up an Oscar, all the same.
"Actually, I was taking my pre-game nap,'' reported the newest Flame, Swedish D-man Oscar Fantenberg, of a rather unorthodox Monday afternoon in his Tampa Bay hotel room. "You're sleeping, then the phone rings and it's (L.A. GM Rob) Blakey.
"Being traded is part of the business and you always know it could happen, the possibility is kinda in the back of your head.
"But when it does actually happen, it's still kind of shocking."
The 27-year-old Fantenberg, an undrafted free agent who signed on with the Kings two seasons back, was Treliving's lone transaction on trade deadline day.
Only just beginning to find his NHL equilibrium, the 6-foot-3, 203-lb. product of Ljungby was dealt to the Flames for a conditional 2022 draft choice.
The carrot, of course, is in joining a division- and conference-leading group.
"I've played against Calgary and it's always hard,'' he said. "They've got something good going on up there.
"They have a good mix of all kinds of players. They have skill. Quickness. Good defence. Good goalies. And everybody works really hard.
"I'm excited to be part of the Flames and looking forward to a good run in the playoffs.
"It's going to be fun."
Two seasons at Frölunda HC in the Swedish top flight and one with HC Sochi of the KHL caught L.A.'s attention.
Following a rookie North American pro baptism which saw him split time between the Kings (27 games) and AHL Ontario Reign (25 starts), Fantenberg seemed to have found a home at the Staples Center this winter, suiting up for 46 games in black-and-silver.
"My first year in the league coming from Europe was a little bit of an adjustment," he acknowledged. "So it was up and down the first part, but finished off with a good playoff series and I think that got me excited for this year.
"I've been more solid, more reliable this season. Playing on a higher level. I haven't had those dips. So it's been a good year for me, especially the last couple of weeks, even if the team has been struggling."
And Fantenberg will join his new pals in the New York area enjoying a certain degree of familiarity in his surroundings. Pivot Mikael Backlund, for instance, was a Tre Kroner teammate at the 2016 World Championships in Russia.
"I know them all a bit, actually. Mikael, as you mentioned. I played against Rasmus (Andersson) and Oliver (Kjillington) last year in the minors and against Elias (Lindholm) back in the Swedish Elite League.
"That always helps a little bit, when you make a change, already knowing guys on the team.
"I'll be going to New York to meet the team. A good trip. Nothing too crazy.
"I'd rather meet the guys right away and meet the staff. I think that's the best thing to do."
Even with his presence at the Kings-Bolts tilt at Amelie Arena now a non-starter, Fantenberg wasn't planing on catching any additional Zs Monday.
"Not after you get a call like that …
"I'm wide awake now."
__________________ GO FLAMES GO!
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They get points for "doing the right thing" though and finding him a home.
Also, Kulak would have spent the season in AHL or popcorn duty, if he had stayed in Calgary. He'd maybe have Prouts 13 games.
If you want a depth guy beyond your top 6, who has spent the season playing in the NHL, you basically have to get one at trade deadline. Which is why teams are always looking for them at trade deadline (and why they're always kind of expensive for what they are).
A depth guy that hasn't been playing just in the NHL recently just isn't as valuable, even if they're otherwise pretty much the same.
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So we pick Broberg or Viktor Soderstrom in this years draft. Trade Brodie at the draft for Ekholm. Later Hamonic leaves as an FA, Gio retires and we trade Hanifin for Ekman-Larsson.
