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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Treliving did give him statistically average goaltending this season. He gave Hartley the exact same duo as the season before. Not Treliving (or Hartley's fault for that matter) that Hiller decided to checkout.
Fact is, there was a ton more to Hartley being let go then just goaltending. How about the piss poor special teams? How about the poor possession stats? How about the porous defence? Inability to change game plans or lock down the defence? Etc. The list goes on.
I'm a big Hartley fan and still am. I'm genuinely saddened by the news. But the GM is the least of the teams problems right now. In fact, he's one of the few bright spots. He wins trades. He signs star players to good contracts. He makes the hard decisions and does what needs to be done, with an eye on the future. We haven't had a GM like that in years.
But sure, let's throw away the GM because in year 3 of the supposed minimum 5 year rebuild, the team was near the bottom. Aren't rebuilding teams supposed to suck? We're supposed to be bad. That's why we are rebuilding. Truth be told, we very well might suck again next season. I'm not expecting to make the playoffs at all next year, even though that is my greatest wish.
Wanting to fire the GM after 2 years into board said rebuild just goes to show that fans in Canadian markets don't have patience to ride this through. I get it. We all want to be in the playoffs and be contenders like the Kings and Hawks are. But those teams at one point had to rebuild as well. They suffered greatly for long periods before finally emerging as they are now.
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I think you're missing the biggest point i'm trying to make.
I don't think you should fire either, but if you're going to start accountability for last season, then the person most responsible for the biggest failure is where you start. Doesn't mean you fire them, but it does mean that you put them on notice things have to improve.