I don't know where the panic on the forum stems from. Reading Treliving's comments to NHL.com after the sweep, it sounds like he's already planning for next season.
https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/trel...18/c-288977518
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"Tomorrow,'' Treliving says, "is a players' day. Next week we'll think about my situation. "Look, I love this team. And this sounds so goofy but I haven't really spent a whole lot of time thinking about me. Honestly."
"There are two sides to this, we all get to talk and see where we go. It's like my taxes. I don't do my taxes until the day before I have to file them."
"If you look at it, a lot of good has happened this season,'' Treliving points out. "I said it three years ago when I got here: You can make trades and signings to help, sure, but if you look at good teams, they get better from within. I thought we saw some real growth in that area. In a lot of cases - and it's real difficult to say when you're out in four games - but a lot of those people showed growth in these playoffs.
"I don't like to live in perception. I prefer to deal in reality. And the reality, as I see it, is this team is not far away. Having said that, you don't get back to the dance simply because you don't think you're that far away, just because the calendar turns over and everybody's a year older."
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Sounds like he is already planning for next season and the contract is a formality. Apologies if this link was posted earlier, it's still only 8 days old though so his comments still are valid.