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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I disagree. Canadian NHL orgs tend to be way too impatient in regards to team building. Treliving has done a lot of good things to move the Flames toward Cup contention. If it were up to me I would choose to have him see this through: It took first George MacPhee and then Brian MacLellan 20-years and six coaches to build a Cup winner. It took Doug Armstrong ten years and five. Treliving should certainly get more than five years unless he is actively impeding the team's direction, and I don't see that happening here.
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I agree that it's generally smarter to keep GMs for the long term. Continuity is important.
But generally, I think GMs should be fired if the team is at the cap, and has been trading away picks, but then still misses the playoffs. MacPhee, Poile, MacLellan, Bowman were often way beneath the cap while building their teams. Those guys rarely traded picks away while the teams were poor.
Treliving has made more bad free agency signings in 5 years than MacPhee did in 20 years. Bad signings are hugely detrimental. There needs to be accountability.
Also, I am saying all of this as an alternative to trading Gaudreau/Monahan - which I doubt will happen anytime soon.