It’s pretty clear when looking at his moves that Brad Treliving generally has a plan when it comes to his roster. Over the past few weeks, he’s added 21-year-old Noah Hanifin, 23-year-old Elias Lindholm and 25-year-old Austin Czarnik to his club.
If you look at the Flames’ roster and pay special attention to the key pieces they’ve built their team around, the vast majority of them are quite young. Their top scorer is 24. They have proven prospect depth at forward and on the blueline. But the potential fatal flaw in the organization’s succession planning may be in net.