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I am fine with questioning treliving's quality as far as gm and team architect go.

Drafting - meh. In the 5 drafts since his hiring, only 2 players have over a dozen games in the NHL. I actually don't credit him for these 2 as they were both high top 6 first round picks (Bennett, tkatchuk). I know it's early on a bunch of the picks he has made but there's just as high a chance out top picks bust vs make it.

Free agents - meh. Frolik - ok, Brouwer - brutal.

Trades - meh. Hamilton brought in on the cheap due to perceived issues, then traded out for the same, despite actually showing year over year improvement. (i actually was not a Hamilton fan. If you are going to be deemed a top pairing guy you gotta be effective defending, which i did not think he was). Hamonic, brutal trade. Team was barely a playoff team yet here we go throwing around high picks before the season even starts... Stupid.

Goalies - 3 years in, i see a barely viable solution in the interim, and no real path to a long term plan. Oh, tried plan a (elliott) failed try again.

Coaches - Gulutzan was a fool. Didn't have the balls to switch up pairings, or the top 6 forwards. When the going got tough, well lets swap around Hathaway, brouwer, lazar, stajan. Or lets swap kulak/Bartkowski. Oh, tried plan a (Gulutzan) failed try again (see a pattern?)

Even the way he tries to build the team is somewhat is flawed. The entire nhl is going the route of high octane offense and speed, yet all our big prize trade and draft picks are d. Yet, we had one of the more overrated d in the nhl.

Lindholm is the BIGGEST skilled forward acquisition made in treliving's tenure, despite scoring being a trouble area.

4 years in, the team still isn't skilled enough, doesn't defend well enough doesn't have a plan for goaltending, and brought in a highly questionable coaching hire.

Unless some of treliving's bets pay off, this could easily be his last year here.