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Originally Posted by Itse
Feaster inherited a horrible mess, but still managed to create a more entertaining and more succesful team. (It was essentially Feasters team that made the 2nd round of the playoffs.) Maybe he got lucky and maybe he didn't, but that's still the bar for Treliving. He has to show he can get at least the same results.
When we're talking about Treliving, it doesn't even really matter where people think the problems are, because Treliving is ultimately responsible anyway. Bottom line right now, under Treliving we've lost a ton of draft picks while the results in the standings have been trending down from average. GM's are judged in the longterm so he has time to correct his mistakes, but he needs to start showing something soon. (And by that I mean next couple of seasons.)
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Feaster did nothing to make the mess better. He lost trade after trade. He left 2 fantastic parting gifts in Monahan and Gaudreau and a bottom 4 team with a top pick.
Treliving got a ever so slightly worse return on a pending UFA Kris Russel than Feaster did on Jay Bouwmeester with a year left in his deal.
It is cringe worthy when anyone tries and remembers the Feaster era in a positive light. He was an embarrassingly bad GM. He let his scouts draft Johnny and that is about it.