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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Treliving comes across as a very smart guy so I believe you're right. But he hasn't made great UFA decisions and the stopgap goalie thing would suggest he's not afraid to be wrong twice.
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People bash his UFA signings but tend to overlook Frolik who was a great pickup considering his age and abilities. Raymond and Brouwer were failures. Hiller was good year one but awful in year 2. His stop gap goaltending worked this year to get them in the playoffs and they do not have obligations to keep either goalie.
Bishop acquisition cost last summer was unknown but he wanted a 7x7 deal which was far riskier than giving up one of 3 2nd round picks on a goalie.
An example of not making the same mistake twice was letting Colborne go instead of signing him like they did with Bouma