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Originally Posted by troutman
I'd start at the top - show King and Burke the door. I'm 50/50 on keeping Treliving (the Hamonic trade was terrible asset management IMO - could have added a 2nd paring d-man in free agency)...
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King's body of work speaks for itself, but he no longer has anything to do with hockey operations, so I see this as a separate issue altogether.
As for Burke, I see his name mentioned numerous times as part of the problem, but this strikes me as somewhat shortsighted given how little we know about his day-to-day involvement with roster decisions and construction. In his present capacity it seems to me that Burke functions primarily as a team figurehead and advisor, but the team itself is Treliving's product.
As for Treliving, I think he was right in the summer to target upgrading defence, and the Harmonic trade was a good way of achieving that goal at a manageable cost. I fundamentally disagree that a better option could have been had via free agency—looking at the list of UFA defensemen signed over the summer leaves me feeling pretty good about having Hamonic on the blue line for another two years @ under $4.0 m.