Pragmatically... there is no trade to save the season. This is the team that Trelving built and the team we will have to ride out. Once the season is over we can worry about retooling the roster, but until then we are stuck with the mess that Treliving has hoisted upon us. We cannot allow Treliving a chance to make any more moves and handcuff the organization any further. What the team could do, is pull a move from their past playbook and bring in an experienced hockey guy to be an adviser. Remove most functions from Treliving's planning responsibilities and prepare to send him to chopping block come the end of the season if this continues to be a debacle. Have that individual do a complete analysis of the assets in the system and develop a plan on how to quickly retool. We need someone who knows how to pick the right players for the game and the right coaches to get the most out of them. The next series of personnel decisions are going to determine whether this year is a blip, or the beginning of another rebuild.
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