During the 1st intermission of today's game, Francis said that he was able to talk to Treliving for a few minutes earlier today. Says Treliving is concerned about the emotional engagement of the team. Says Flames needs more of an identity, be harder to play against, and be mentally tougher. Might be more changes than he thought because of the way the team collapsed. Denies there is a character issue with the team.
Treliving doesn't talk about the coaching staff's future but says he thinks GG is a very good coach when asked about him. But Francis follows up by saying he would be surprised if GG survived this.
To me Darryl Sutter sounds exactly like the type of guy who checks all the boxes that Treliving is talking about...I'm glad he identified the identity/emotion as the main issue.
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