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Originally Posted by Jay Random
What would you have done to keep Giordano? Whom would you have lost in the expansion draft instead, and how much would you have paid the Kraken to make it happen? Please be specific.
Because the Flames did not lose Giordano for nothing. The assets they would have lost instead are what they have to show for letting him go. Every team lost a player.
Explain to me what indication you are talking about.
Don't forget Hamilton, Ferland, and Fox. It was incredibly stupid of him to let them all leave as UFAs instead of trading them for something useful.
I mean, we all know Treliving always lets his assets go for nothing, so who are you going to believe, the narrative or your lying eyes?
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I wouldn’t have tried to keep Giordano. I would have traded him.
I would’ve tried to keep Brodie, but if he wasn’t extended by the deadline, I would’ve traded him.
Treliving actually did this once - he sent Glencross to Washington in Gaudreau’s rookie season. Got a ton of value back, we made the playoffs anyway and won a round.
He hasn’t sold high on anyone since the Hamilton trade. He has talked a big game about every notable player who’s come available, and closed none of them.
He has no vision for this team beyond the end of the week. He seems genuinely astonished when all these quality players leave for nothing. His emotions today are the same as when they couldn’t convince the Kraken to leave Gio alone.
This is a man who does not seem to prepare for the worst possible outcome.
He’s been here since 2014, and has convinced precisely one pending UFA impact player to extend - Backlund. A man, btw, who was drafted by the head coach, before he was fired and went off to win two Stanley Cups.
He’s employed five head coaches and hired four. Every one except Darryl has been a failure. Oh, plus Hartley, who won the Jack Adams and a playoff round with a bunch of children, Hudler, and without his Norris-favorite captain.
Goalies he has employed: Smith, Elliott, Markstrom, Rittich, Talbot, Johnson, Ramo, Hiller, Ortio.
His draft successes are… Tkachuk, who he lucked into because Benning and Chiarelli are even worse at their jobs than Try-Hard. They also don’t have them anymore - would that we should be so lucky.
Andersson and Kylington, both of whom were drafted during the Obama administration.
Mangiapane, like, great - it only took seven years for him to pop, and now we’re going to pay him a contract he can’t possibly live up to.
Mason McDonald over Demko.
####ed Bennett’s development, traded him for rocks. ####ed it from the start - remember when he couldn’t do a pull up at the combine? No red flags there, just come to development camp and take part in all the full contact drills OHMYGOD YOU NEED SHOULDER SURGERY?? Who could’ve seen this coming. No problem, just hurry back in time to play the 2015 Ducks. What’s that? Powerplay time? No, none of that for you, Sam. Now go play wing.
Trades a 1st round pick for Travis Hamonic a year after acquiring Dougie Hamilton for the pick that could’ve been Matt Barzal, Kyle Connor or Thomas Chabot.
This is not a man who deserves to be in charge of a National Hockey League team.
