Former Flame draft pick Curtis McElhinney was recently put on waivers by the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 35-year-old career backup was claimed by the Carolina Hurricanes, but there was likely some consideration here in Calgary’s front office of picking him up.



Had McElhinney come home, it would have been more than just a blast from the past – it would have been a clear indictment of the organization’s current goaltending situation, an issue oddly personified by McElhinney himself.



I’ve noted previously that Brad Treliving’s inability to rectify the club’s ongoing goaltending issues is perhaps his greatest failing as a GM to date.



But it’s a failing that has plagued the club for a long time.



Aside from Miikka Kiprusoff, the team has struggled to acquire (and keep) a quality starting goaltender since Mike Vernon left the org in 1995. Trevor Kidd was next in line after Vernon, an infamous first-round flop, and then...