People wanting Treliving out should give thier heads a shake-he's one of the top-10 GM's in the league according to the Hockey News. If you want to judge some of the bad moves he's done, look at moves AFTER Burke left-the Brouwer signing was a Burke move for sure, Treliving would've never signed him with the advanced stats he had. Even so, Brouwer was one of the top FA's in a weak FA class that year, and signing him was seen as a coup by most fans and pundits. Neal and Jagr went even further-most fans were extatic when they were signed (both huge coups) and got down on Tre when they didn't work out.
Furthermore, we had the best season in franchise history since at least the early 90's, and the playoff exit wasn't his fault either-I don't think many fans thought we'd go down to the Avs. I don't believe for a second he's on a short leash.
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