I'll give him a B.
Bringing in Hamilton and Frolik were really good moves that will help this team in the long term.
A lot of the bad is negated by the fact that he hasn't really handed out any term. Raymond and Engelland have another year on their deals after this season and then the Flames can cut bait and have some extra money to play with.
However his handling of the crease this off season was disastrous, and the Flames may go from an unacceptable 3 headed monster this season, to having absolutely no one next season.
All in all I'm pretty satisfied with what Treliving has done, but the real test for Treliving will come this offseason.
He needs to find a somewhat longer term goaltending solution between now and the beginning of next season.
He also needs to figure out the defense because if the Flames do re-sign Russell (hopefully if they do it's a home town discount) then the Flames will have WAY too much money tied up in their bottom 3 defenders and 2 of Wideman, Engelland, and Smid will definitely have to go.
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