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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
I don't disagree with you but that eventually falls back on the GM that brought him in.
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Completely unfair to lay that on him IMO. The GM's job is to play the game on paper. After that, it's the human being who was brought in to play the game on the ice.
Treliving went out and literally got the league leader in save %. If Treliving went out and got the league leader in goal scoring (Ovechkin) for cheap and the player lays an egg, is that on the GM? Sure he's the one who signed off on the trade. But BT isn't the one on the ice. The second the ink is dry on paper and it's time to drop the puck, it's 100% on the player. It's not like Elliott was some unknown commodity. It was a worthwhile gamble, and you trade a 2nd & 3rd round pick for the league leader in save % (with a huge sample size) every single day of the week.
Brodie looked like a top 15 D last season with a stellar contract. Now he looks like an overpaid player with close to the worst +/- in the league. Gaudreau was seen as one of the best wingers in the entire league by literally everyone in the hockey world. A potential dark horse Art Ross contender. Gets signed to a very cap friendly deal, and now he looks like a kid lost in the woods. In no way is it fair to lay those players issues (among the other star players) at his feet.
GM's get way to much flack for moves that don't work out. Sure he's the guy steering the boat. But these are human beings with control over their own actions/lives that are being brought on board the ship and it's up to them to perform their duties.
The only way I would support BT leaving is if he wanted to leave on his own for personal reasons. Letting him go would be such a monumental mistake and would prove to the hockey world that the Flames organization and fans have zero patience for a rebuild. Unless Stan Bowman and his team are coming over, letting BT walk would be such a monumental mistake. We can all look forward to another decade of mediocrity. Treliving was brought in to see this thing through. Not even 5 years in, and he'd be out?
I'd be furious if that happened.