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Originally Posted by Parallex
But are those just platitudes?...
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No. They are not. The reaction from media and other NHL personnel from around the League was exceptionally bullish about Treliving—unusually so compared to many other recent GM hires. Besides this, do you doubt that Treliving was widely regarded within the League as one of the top young candidates to be a NHL general manager? It has been widely reported for the past year or more; are these reports also akin to platitudes?
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Originally Posted by Parallex
Like I said I'm vaguely positive about the hire (he said all the right things, and/or none of the wrong things, at his presser, and he has sufficiant executive experience). But I'm not gonna call it good (or bad) until he demonstates that himself.
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Sure, I get that. But what I really don't understand is why anyone would refuse to recognise his current distinction, which effectively puts him in very good stead to be an excellent GM. Brad Treliving is like a top-three draft pick. Of course, he has not yet accomplished anything at the next level, but his portfolio gives us every reason to expect very good things. It's okay to get excited about that.