In a way the season may be looked at as a blessing. If they play good enough to be in the playoff race Treliving may feel pressure to lock up Russell and Hudler to keep the team together. The Giordano contract is bad enough but adding Russell and/or Hudler to long term deals would have crippled this team going forward. Also Treliving learned a hard but valuable lesson in goaltending management. Sometimes you have to take one step back to take two steps forward and this is my hopes.
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