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Originally Posted by Textcritic
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.
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Maybe because the same things were said about Craig Button, and he was an unmitigated disaster for the Calgary Flames. I remember when Button was hired, what a coup it was, and how much praise was heaped on him from all corners of the hockey world. That was a very dark time for the club and produced very little.
Someone said it earlier in the thread that the wild card is Burke and the number of hockey people Treliving is going to be surrounded with. I think we'll see at the draft what kind of GM Treliving is going to be, and how he relies on those other hockey minds. It will be interesting to see the course he plots going forward, as he has a number of very good young players to work with. I'm hopeful, but also skeptical. I hope Treliving is going to be a winner, but I still see the ghost of Craig Button skulking around in the background, which tempers my enthusiasm.