[Cali Panthers Fan]

Ok, I hate hearing the news of a meddling ownership group, but think about what we had before Treliving showed up and started winning trades.

Jay Frickin' Feaster.

The man who almost gave Brad Richard $10 million a year for god knows how many years.

The man who signed Ryan O'Reilly to an offer sheet that would have cost the Flames draft picks AND lost the player as well.

The man who got horrible returns for Regehr, Iginla, and Bouwmeester.

Can you really blame Edwards for feeling like he has to have a say in contract and roster decisions? It is his money after all, and while he isn't an expert, it's safe to say that there needed to be some oversight in this department.


However, that begs the question of why they bothered hiring Burke at all. Burke is supposed to be the guy that oversees hockey operations, separating the hockey from the owners and financiers. If Edwards still feels the need to step in, it means that Burke is nothing more than a figurehead of the organization, and should probably be let go ASAP.

Also, you have to think that with a rookie GM in Treliving, they weren't going to hand him the keys to the franchise without a track record of trading and signings. Now that he's out of his "probation period" the owners probably felt they knew how he would handle things and they didn't need to stay involved in the day-to-day.



I'm just trying to see this from both sides. I don't blame ownership for being involved on the big, big deals, as those can set a franchise back if they're not the right deals.