They weren’t sexy moves aimed at keeping up with the Joneses, but they were a concerted effort to address his biggest concern on a tight budget.
“So you’re sitting here and saying, ‘Ok, if you are going to look to add to your team, and you have specific assets to use, what’s the best way to use them? Andrew’s done a really good job… he certainly has started to carry a lot of load in an area that we needed. I would say lessened the need a little bit. But part of that was we felt we needed to add on the blue line.”
“We wanted to go to the room and say, ‘Look, we’re trying our best to help,” said a peckish Treliving, doing his best to explain how he tried to maximize return on a low budget.
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NHLFlames EricFrancis Long standing issues? They added two bottom pair Dmen to a defense that has supposedly been top 5 in the league for many years...
NHLFlames EricFrancis Please hire an actual sports journalist and not a sycophant like Francis to do your Flames coverage. What actually happened and Francis's spin are worlds apart.
NHLFlames EricFrancis Is Athanasiou still going to Columbus?
NHLFlames EricFrancis “Not sexy moves” sounds like a peter chiarelli deadline!
NHLFlames EricFrancis helpful perspective! this was a GOOD trade deadline 4 flames + fever is tired of the whining! go flames!
NHLFlames EricFrancis How about AA going to Columbus? Hahaha
NHLFlames EricFrancis I was upset around 2 when I realized he wasn’t making a forward move, but bolstering our defence was a great move, especially since we kept our roster, and 1st for this draft. Hopefully we can make a playoff push and do better with what we learned from last April.
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