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A few quotes from Treliving today, nothing really earth shattering..

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http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/...oaching-search

But Treliving insists he is not worried about the shrinking talent pool. Nor is he pressured to make a decision before all the so-called good coaches get snatched up.

“It’s no different than building a team,” Treliving, who is in Russia as Team Canada’s GM, said while watching practice up in the stands on Friday. “It takes time. It’s personal fit. You’re trying to find a match and chemistry.”

As Treliving spoke, two out-of-work coaches — Mike Yeo and Dave Cameron, who lost their jobs this year with the Wild and Senators, respectively — were on the ice in what some might consider an audition. A report out of Minnesota suggested that Treliving had asked the Wild for permission to speak with Yeo, who is still under contract, and that the two had met on Wednesday.

Neither would confirm that happened or wanted to get into about specifics, but it is fair to say that Treliving is casting a very large net on what could be his most important move since being named GM two years ago.

“I’m not rushing it because I want to hit a certain date,” he said. “There’s no time pressure, but having said that, you don’t want to wait until September either.”

Treliving said he is looking for someone with experience, but that the quality of experience matters more than the actual years of service. He is “not just looking for a name” or “someone who’s coached for 20 years” or even a former NHL head coach. But he does want someone, whether it is an assistant coach, minor-league coach, or someone from major junior or college, who had a role in building something of significance.

“To me it’s not as much about where you’ve coached, but what you’ve built and what your piece was in growing it,” said Treliving. “It’s being involved in winning programs.”

As reporters have noted, he and Hartley did not see eye-to-eye on a number of issues. Treliving might have hinted at this, saying it’s critical to have an “in-sync relationship” between the GM and head coach.

“You’re in lock-step with each other and you debate and you argue and do all that other stuff,” he said. “But I don’t think a coach should show up one day and there’s four new players there.”

So when can Calgary expect to have a new coach? It won’t be today, laughed Treliving. And it won’t be the day before training camp opens.

“It’s going to be sometime between then,” he said. “I haven’t set a mile marker, but you’d obviously like it done soon, because there are other things you have to do.”