I don't think it's just Treliving but an outdated organization philosophy led by Burke on filling holes with veterans and truculence that will hold this team back, no matter how they might eventually get lucky with prospects. We should have been targeting young players with speed instead of letting them go (like Byron). This overcooking nonsense is the wrong philosophy in the cap era. We have some strong defensive prospects but a log jam ahead of them. We need Rasmus filling in for Stone and using that saved money on his ELC in a place of need (scoring right winger). Why should we have any faith that will happen? The same hole has been there since Treliving started and he has obtained in order Setoguchi, Raymond, Frolik, Alex Chiasson, Brouwer, Foo, and Chris Stewart. I mean I love Frolik but he wasn't the solution.
Same thing with goaltending. Smith worked out - as a short term solution given his age - but how many swings and misses and wasted assets on trying to get reliable goaltending?
Coaching is another miss.
Maybe he learns and can right the ship...but should he and the entire management team, together with the coaching staff be feeling the heat? Damn right they should.
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