I'm not going to criticize those that don't like Treliving by quoting their posts and picking them apart ...
What guy has 100% support of a fan base?
I personally like the way the guy thinks, and feel the franchise is in good hands because of him leading it.
Part of that is the fact that he followed up the Feaster era where I didn't feel the same. It felt unhinged and scary.
In his time he's improved their draft record, signed players to amazing RFA deals giving him the cap space to supplement the roster. His trade record has been excellent and the team has improved finishing 2nd place in the entire league last year. All pretty hard to argue.
His Gulutzan pick was a mistake in the end, but all mistakes aren't bad choices, they can be bad outcomes. He was a proven assistant that had a possession angle to his teams, and from comments it turns out his issue was not being firm enough as a head coach. Peters is certainly more firm.
The UFA market has had it's foibles for sure, and they need to clean that up. But Frolik, Ryan and Engelland were great signings and are often over looked.
This week he avoided a buy out, saved his ownership somewhere around $15M in actual dollars and found a player that is more likely to fit in Calgary than what they had. Would I prefer neither Lucic or Neal on the Flames? Absolutely. But now he's solved toughness and looks to have solved a dressing room problem as well.
Owners don't let GMs go for 2nd overall teams, and a move to save actual dollars.
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