Building teams normally takes time...lots of time. The Flames have been fortunate in that several of their young guys have been able to step in within a year or two of being drafted. Though its changed somewhat, the normal course of development sees most guys not make the NHL for 3 or 4 years (some even longer). Much like Jankowski. It's just the nature of the beast.
He (Treliving) will also make some mistakes along the way like every single other GM in the history of the game. It's part of the process, particularly a first time GM. It's fine to criticize those mistakes and even call for accountability and to correct them, but to expect a guy to come in and have a SC contender within 4 years from what he was handed when he got here is ridiculous. And as timbit points out...it could have been much worse. Feaster was great in the draft, but the other duties of his office lacked in a pretty big way.
I get that patience is not what anyone wants to hear in regards to this club, and in this age of instantaneous everything even more so. That simply is not realistic though.
Stay the course and see where things are at after next season with Tre.
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