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Brad Treliving on Fan 590 February 25th
http://pmd.fan590.com/podcasts/junio...ruary-25th.mp3

Bennett:

• thinks it is the best move to send him back to Junior for the Flames and Sam

Sam vs Sean:

• excited to have both
• can't have success without strength down the middle
• Sean - is a big body, good on both sides of the puck, real cerebal type player, back to back 20 goal seaons at 20 years old
• Sam - is more dynamic, a driver, creating and cutting into seams, a real competitive edge, plays a high pace
• their games compliment each other

• joked that there was a lot of screaming, yelling and high fiving when he told Gilmour that Sam was going back to Kingston

• Sam worked his tail off
• recovery went as well as you could go under the circumstances
• off the ice - he was involved in all the meetings, saw how the players prepared
• put on 10-12 lbs of muscle

on how to balance short term team goals vs long term organizational goals:

• you want to help your team - we are looking at a few things to help us down the stretch drive
• but it can't be at expense of long term view of our team
• like most teams we value picks - not just 1st round picks but all picks
• deep draft coming up
• still in an development and accumulation phase in terms of getting picks assets or young player assets
• it is balancing act - it is based on the price

Mason McDonald:

• Mason has had a good year
• sees a lot of shots - hosts laugh - Treliving says it is great for his development
• other night won 3-2 or 3-1 after facing 52 shots
• big athletic goal tender
• was tremendous in the U18s
• has a real good upside to him
• real competitive

Hunter Smith:

• on a good Oshawa team has taken a step
• a bit of a project pick - he is a big guy and still sort of filling out and getting used to his body. 6'7'' 220 lbs and still got of room to grow.
• uptick in his production, uptick in his usage in Oshawa
• was injured and missed games a few weeks back
• in a great spot, team should have a long playoff run

Pat Sieloff:

• pretty much missed the last year and half of hockey
• views this as a rookie year
• likes his competitive approach. real driven kid. heart and soul guy
• battled a couple of injuries this year but for the most part have been able to keep healthy
• been a real good development year for him and seen some real progress
• has excellent coaching in Tod Gill and Ryan Huska
• similar situation to Connor Murphy in Phoenix where you miss a lot of time. number 1 goal is to get games under your feet without missing long stretches of time and Pat has done that

2015 draft:

• top end of draft has gotten a lot of talk and deservedly so
• thinks it is a deep draft
• everyone talks about the 1st round which is important, but in order to have success you need to find people outside of the 1st round
• that is why you try to get more picks - try to hit on somebody in the 4th or later
• if you do the work properly and have some luck you can have a couple of good days
• overall he considers especially early there are some high end players
• thinks you can get into the 60s (overall picks) and still find good players, but goal is to find them even beyond that
• in today's trades a lot of the high end picks are for 2016 and that speaks to what people think of thi draft

end of Treliving interview


hosts go on to discuss Austin Carroll:

• he reminds a lot of Lance Bouma.
• plays physical, drops gloves once in awhile, not afraid to get dirty. power forward type.
• Coach Dave Lowry says Caroll is a prototypical power forward which speaks volumes.
• He is not too far away. Within a couple of years you will likely see him have an impact in the NHL.
• Really thinks Carroll will be like Bouma - physical with some sneaky offence at the NHL level