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Originally Posted by Bingo
To me this whole thing comes down to Treliving.
If you think Treliving is a smart man and a good GM, you trust him to make a call based on what he thinks is a good fit and see where it goes. If you don't think he's a great GM, and trust me I get that angst as I had it with Feaster, then you are worried as hell ... and I get that.
To date I think Treliving has been great on the trade front, very good on the draft front, sketchy on the free agent front, and 0/1 on his coaching choices.
Detractors can only hope that his recovery from Bouma to Colborne will be seen again in his recovery for picking a coach that fits the second time around.
The coaching choice is a very different animal and I get both sides.
I don't think you can just circle Corsi numbers and hire the highest corsi guy, there is way more to it than that.
However I also don't think you can just look up the coaching record on hockeydb.com and pick the guy with the highest win percentage.
Both are too superficial.
If it's Peters I hope to hell they dig into why the man has had great corsi numbers but terrible shooting percentages and determine what allotment of luck, personnel and the system are to blame for it.
As an aside, I just continue to shake my head at the growing mass of people on this site that are legitimately angry with those that disagree with them. You can see it in their posting style.
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I agree with this, you are putting your trust in the guy making the decision who has access to a whole lot more information than we have.
I would quibble with your rating on the trade front. I don't rate him anywhere near great and in fact over the last 14 months, other GM's have gotten the better of him in deals. Although I get that some people view the Hamonic deal more favorably than I do. He has shown to be adept at auctioning off his pending UFA's, which is an important skill, but I view that somewhat differently than going out and acquiring players you need.
It is slightly OT, but I have yet to be convinced in BT's ability to assess talent, player, coach or otherwise. He sounds smart, and appears thoughtful though.
I do think he deserves credit for many of the contracts he has negotiated.