When general manager Brad Treliving traded a first-round pick and a prospect to acquire Tyler Toffoli earlier this week, it signalled something. For the first time in his tenure, Treliving has given his team significant in-season help ahead of the trade deadline in the form of a bona fide top-six forward.
It’s a calculated risk, but if you ask me, it’s a worthwhile one. For numerous reasons, I think it’ll be quite some time until Calgary is in as good a position to make a deep playoff run as they are this season. It seems like the guy calling the shots shares that opinion.