[Stanley]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

I don't think Treliving should be feeling heat at all. He's the GM. His overall plan and vision for the organization hasn't changed. He should take July 1 off.

Major criticism of years past: the goaltending. He fixed it with Elliott, he signed Rittich, got Gillies to forego the UFA route and drafted Parsons.

When Treliving took over, the Flames were so shallow defensively that a Mark Giordano injury forced Kris Russell and Dennis Wideman to play nearly 30 minutes a night, and saddled TJ Brodie with Deryk Engelland.

Since then, Treliving has added Dougie Hamilton, Travis Hamonic, Michael Stone, Rasmus Andersson, Oliver Kylington, Adam Fox and Jusso Valimaki. We want to fire this guy because his first choice as head coach is a muffin?

Treliving is a gambler, but I don't believe he's a reckless one. This team has a lot of pieces. The weakest part of the team is inarguably the fourth line.

Life isn't perfect - you don't ditch a steady, prudent GM who's done nothing but actively attempt to improve the team. Especially when the biggest gripes are some iffy UFA signings that don't hamstring you THAT much.

You fire the coach who's driving the Ferrari like a Buick.

This post should be bumped daily