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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
It is the #1 reason but far from the only reason. Did you hear the press conference? Treliving owned the goalie problem, said it was his fault. But he had a problem with the way the team played in front of the goalies. It is for this reason Hartley is fired.
You seem to be tunnel visioning on the goalies and ignoring the defensive zone play, special teams and lack of possession. You aren't judging Hartley on his entire body of work this year. And then you want to fire the GM who has an amazing record in trades so far?
This thread is dumb. And that's putting it nicely. I liked Hartley, I thought he'd return. But you have put the blinders over your eyes if you don't see this is about something far greater than our goalies this year.
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No, i didn't see the press conference. I couldn't stream it at the office.
And if you look at my position throughout the thread - from the initial post - it's that the GM probably doesn't deserve to be fired, but neither does the coach.
And i'm also evaluating the GM on trades not made as well as trades that were made. There was no move made to address the goaltending. That's part of the GM assessment as well.
As far as the coach goes, if we're evaluating the entire body of work, let's also include the career years for Gaudreau, Brodie, Backlund, Hamilton, Colborne, and another great year from Monahan. Giordano started slow and picked it up as the season progressed. Top 10 in offence notwithstanding a weak powerplay for most of the season. Penalty killing was poor, but that goes back to the goalies having poor seasons.
I can make as many arguments in favour of keeping Hartley as you can about the wonderful things Treliving has done.
Neither deserves to be fired. Both should get 1 more year.