Quoting: Tkachinla
Agreed. I can’t believe Treliving couldn’t find a way to get this done. A 3-way deal is a bit more complex, but it’s definitely not impossible to pull off to move Monahan somewhere else.
You had one job, Brad. He’s either too lazy to turn over every possible rock to get Eichel, or not competent to pull of the 3-way deal to get this done. Either way, it’s brutal for CGY fans. VGK has ponied up for Stone and Eichel while Brad just watches. A division rival has those two guys for the next 5+ years.
Would he have paid more if CGY was 4-5-0 to start the season? Yeah, probably. A 9-game sample size probably impacted his offer. And that is just bogus.
Lots to unpack here.
Would you have been ok with 18 regular season games for Mark Stone? Because he wasn't signing an extension with Calgary. It would have cost Andersson or Valimaki. Flames would still have lost in 5 to the Avs.
Regarding Eichel, here's the big thing. Monahan's trade value is almost zero. If he could fetch anything worthwhile, he would not be in Calgary. He's been on the block for two seasons for a reason, there's not a lot of interest in him. It sounds like Buffalo wanted Tkachuk and not Monahan.
Look, I'm frustrated too, I wanted Eichel. Vegas had a much easier time making this deal due to their LTIR situation. Easy to say the Flames deal Monahan and Zadorov to make it work, but it takes two to make a deal. I doubt Buffalo would want either. Vegas is taking a significant amount of risk, they *should* make the playoffs, but they are so banged up that it's not a slam dunk.