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Originally Posted by Yamer
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All he ever said was:
1. The Flames and Treliving do not have an agreement in place.
2. This isn't a typical way of doing business in the league regarding management and staff.
3. He thinks there is a continual fit for Treliving and the Flames.
4. Unsure why it isn't done at this point: could be the Flames holding it up, could be Treliving.
5. However, given the circumstances there is reason to believe he may not be back next season.
Where in any of that is sensationalism or mis-reporting? How is anything said or written so outlandish that you now distrust Friedman because he applied his expert, analytical opinion on the situation? Suddenly these comments have been transformed into him outright saying Treliving isn't coming back and there's trouble in the hen house. He never said that.
I'm not understanding the outrage here. Although I would be understanding if Friedman goes back to denying interviews on the Fan and sticking to comments on his 30 Thoughts pieces.
His opinion on this situation was totally reasonable given the unusual circumstances, and I still value and respect him as the upper echelon of NHL and hockey knowledge.
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*not a response to you, Yamer, just quoting your post for additional context*
Friedman was just on the Marek Vs. Wyshynski podcast. He was thinking that Murray Edwards didn't like extending people, saying Hartley was paid $2.2 million this year not to coach. Oil and Gas is doing bad right now, doesn't want to lose $. He wanted to change how the Flames do business and not decide to extend people until their contracts are nearly up, to avoid paying people you are going to let go. He said it's a very different way to do business, no one else does it that way. Flames knew there was a risk of losing Tre this way. He believes that they didn't behind talking contract until last weekend. Also brought up again that 50 people in Hockey Ops had their contracts up as well.
I think that this could work if the GM is particularly strong and focused on the job, and has confidence in himself that he will have a job, but if there is any doubt, then it could really mess up the team. In general I'd like GM to have certainty in their future so they can plan for the future of team effectively.