Since joining the Calgary Flames as general manager in 2014, Brad Treliving has done a pretty good job building the team up. His trades are shrewd. His drafting is rock solid. He re-signs players to good deals. He just seems to get a bit kooky when free agency opens on July 1.
Here’s a quick look back at his best, and worst, moves regarding unrestricted free agents.
Part hit, part miss
Immortalized with a Bob McKenzie tweet joking about the cap hit, Deryk Engelland signed a three year deal in 2014 that payed him $2.