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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I'm not so sure. The team has gone all-in with this three year window so expectations are certainly higher than last season. However I feel Treliving will stick with Gulutzan even if disaster happens and the team misses the playoffs this season. He hasn't fired any coach that he's brought in to date and the fact that Sigalet survived back to back seasons of arguably the worst goaltending in the history of the organization it appears he's willing to give his guys a lot of rope. I get the feeling he would probably make a big trade (Bennett, etc) before firing the coach if things get really bad.
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I agree that management feels they are entering the success window (but not in the midst of it). GG's contract is three years IIRC. So I'd expect him to be fired at the end of this year, with one year left, if the team isn't heading towards a big year next year. Which to me would mean if they miss the POs or barely get in and are eliminated in short order. If they started losing consistently now, however, a December firing might be possible in an attempt to salvage the season. I don't really see that happening though.