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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Not exactly. Friedman said he isn't sure that GG goes (which is a lot different from saying he thinks he stays). And he went into quite a bit more detail on the personnel issues.

He said the sense among the Flames management and around the league is that the Flames have issues around emotion. He said he expects Treliving to take a hard look at the one-ice personnel in order to address this problem. And that he expects Treliving to start considering moving players who he always gets calls on.

Basically, there's an issue with chemistry or the intensity of some core players on the Flames, and one of the ways Treliving will try to fix the team in the off-season is to move one more of the guys who he thinks are the problem.

It sounds like one of the reasons Treliving's reluctant to move GG is because it will be rewarding players who aren't holding up their end of the bargain when it comes to commitment and engagement. I know fans get emotionally attached to core players, but I have to think the GM has a much better insight into these matters than fans. There's something pretty seriously wrong with the Flames besides coaching and bottom-six scoring, and it looks like the GM might address that something in the summer.

If that's what Tre thinks then they should fire him too. There was no character or compete issue with this team under Hartley with pretty much the same core less Tkachuk and Hamonic who we don't question.