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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Man, this sentiment being repeated over and over is mind boggling.
Treliving brought back the same group of goalies that played well enough for this team to get 97 points and make it to round 2 of the playoffs the season before. How is it HIS fault that they all shat the bed at the same time?
Answer -> It's not
...and if having three goalies on the roster is enough to shake all of them into playing that poorly, well that's on them too, not Treliving.
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Ok, fair point. But why did they take 3 goalies into the season in the first place? Never should have happened, even if their drop off in form is nothing to do with him. Just don't get the logic of having 3 goalies on the roster from day 1. What was the best case scenario? One gets hot and takes the starter spot, leaving 2 guys rotting on the sidelines? Run a tandem like last season, leaving 1 rotting on the sidelines?
Should have waived the worst performing of the 3 after pre-season and rolled with the 2 that earned their spots. Or, you can go back further than that and ask, with Ortio on a 1 way deal, why he even brought back Ramo in the first place. I get your point that he helped get us into the play offs, but we probably should have gone with Hiller and Ortio and had they crapped the bed, we would have had space to trade for a goalie who might have helped us improve.
How much did he look for a goalie on the trade market once the season started? Ok, he looked into Murray, but was he in on Reimer given the cost? I hope so.
He shouldn't have brought back Ramo given Ortios situation, he should have waived one of them before the season started and he should have waived Hiller months ago. I also wonder who he looked at in the trade market and wether he tried to solve this issue, or did he sit on his hands and hoped things would improve on their own? He can take his fair share of blame for the goaltending mess this season.