[vanisleflamesfan]

I think that it is hilarious that people keep using the word "rebuild", as if that has some meaning here. Let's have a quick look at Treliving's summer work:

07/01/16 – Signed Troy Brouwer - 31 years old, career high points: 43

End of Oilers Training camp – Signed Kris Versteeg – 30 years old, career high points 53, 5 seasons ago.

06/27/16 – Traded Patrick Sieloff (age 22, NHL experience 1 game) for Alex Chiasson age 26, career high points: 35

These are NOT the work of a GM thinking about a "rebuild". These moves are the work of a GM working on adding complementary pieces for a contender. Clearly (at least to me) Trevliving grossly overestimated the team he had assembled, and clearly, he thought that the Flames "rebuild" was completed.

But ultimately, the results are plain to see to anyone who looks at the standings. Treliving messed up and now, Oilers style, we are stuck with re-starting a 'rebuild' under a new GM (whenever the owners recognize this and actually make the right moves). In short, we are in for at least 6 more years of misery.