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Originally Posted by Ashasx
If Treliving is fired, I fear who replaces him.
I don't think there is a better hockey mind available.
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I think Treliving is a good gm too but the coaching switch looks bad. It was weird at the time, it's still weird now. The team's problems last year was goaltending. Now it is starting to look like it's a defence problem, which while still is on Hartley to some degree, at least Hartleys system brought the offence. The current system has nothing.
Calgary looks like the worst team in the NHL with a roster that should be middling. That's on coaching.
I think the players whined about Hartley being tough and Treliving also didn't necessarily feel like Hartley was his guy or felt like they were totally on the same page. But maybe leaving Hartley alone and addressing the goaltending by itself was the answer. Now we have a bad start, bad coaching and you can't fix coaching 6 games into a regular season.
Things could turn around but Resolute's assessment in my mind is bang on 100%. The coaching change is the problem here. The players look like they're overthinking and not just playing. And that doesn't work at this level, despite the high skill level.