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  2. Brad Treliving - GM Tracking & Evaluation

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    Is our GM slow ?  I'm getting frustrated how long things are taking to get done.  Took way too long IMO to fire Hartley, then took a long time to to hire the new coach.  Nothing on the Gaudreau / Monahan contract or any other contracts.  Missed out on Andersen.  I'm not going to judge him on any one of these but I see a pattern developing.  I guess one thing is for sure, he's not impulsive !

     

    Like Cross said - we didn't miss out on Andersen. The Leafs provided the Ducks an opportunity to ship him out of both the division and conference. All things being equal, why would Anaheim trade Andersen within the division when they don't have to?

  3. Brad Treliving - GM Tracking & Evaluation

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    I got no problem with any of Treliving's singings. In fact, bringing in veterans creates good competition with the young guys since they are fighting for jobs.

     

    What I do have a problem with is when management lets their egos rule and refuse to sit a guy or send a guy down to the minors in favour of a younger player who has shown that he can do a better job.

     

    I haven't seen that from BT. As far as I'm concerned he can sign whoever he wants as long as the right decisions are made when it comes to icing the lineup. 

  4. Flames Defense

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    Pre-2004, an ideal blueline would include:

    2 D for puck moving

    4 D for size and toughness

     

    In today's NHL, an ideal blueline would include:

    4 D for puck moving

    2 D for size and toughness

     

    The Flames enjoyed a lot of surprising success from their D this season because their D is basically built around this ideal.  With Smid healthy, it was 4 puck movers and 2 for size and toughness.  We ended the playoffs with only Engellend for size and toughness which was one reason for the downfall.

     

    Moving forward,

    Giordano - Brodie

    Russell - Wideman

    (A BIG & TOUGH D) - Engellend

     

    We don't really need to upgrade the top 4 unless we bring in a Dman who can do both, move the puck and offer size.

     

    Moving forward, that quite simply is not good enough. In my mind guys like Russell, Wideman, Engelland, Schlemko are solid 5-6 guys. We have a glaring hole at 3-4. While I love these guys to pieces, the reason we had to block so many shots is because we just can't hack it possession wise. Blocking a shot should be a last resort, but that wasn't the case with us this year.

     

    How we fill that 3-4 slot in is anyone's guess but as long as we have guys like Russell and Wideman patrolling the blue line in our 3-4 spot, we're not making it to the next level. 

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