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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
The Brouwer signing is still nothig short of brutal and most of this success is Tod Button's core, plus Frolik, Hamilton and a deadline rental (Stone) who may not be back next year. Treliving's goalies were never questioned, it was the skater group he was building with Chiasson, Grossmann, and Brouwer as some of his offseason additions expected to be significant contributors. Let's be real, Ferland, Monahan, Gaudreau, Backlund, Tkachuk, Brodie, Gio... those guys are the reason for the team success. Tod Button and/or no-brainer draft position.
Now was Gulutzan the right coach hired for this job? So far I would say yes, but two years ago Willie Desjardins was getting similar hype and positive reviews before Hartley coached circles around him in the playoffs. I am optimistic but coaching a playoff series isn't the same as coaching 82 games. Darryl Sutter said it himself - the coach doesn't do a whole lot until playoff time.
For now, we still have an anchor contract that may impact the contracts of Stone/Ferland/Bennett/Tkachuk and that anchor was signed by Tre. Long term do you trust Tre to avoid anchors when he signs some every other year? For now with the Stone trade I will say Treliving has earned another opportunity to be GM but he has not proven much more than that. He inherited an excellent core.
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So to summarize your post, Treliving doesn't really deserve any credit for the current team, and Brouwer contract will haunt the Flames forever.
Right?
I don't typically judge posts too harshly, but you're ignoring so many factors here, it's not even close to a fair assessment.