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Originally Posted by Bingo
I'm not for firing Treliving either.
Most of us could see a pretty good team emerging, and are as surprised as he likely is that things came apart in the playoffs to the degree it did, and the fact that it still lingered.
His roster construction was fine. He built out a solid blueline, drafted well, and had four forwards in the elite category.
It's not working because some of the key players seem to be weak mentally, which then puts it to him or not depending on how much you want to blame a GM for gambling on players that can't play up to their abilities.
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I think the biggest error was in having Backlund slotted as a #2 centre, and I think Tree sees that as well given the Kadri trade. Centre depth is too important for it to be weak at the top, and ours is.
Backlund getting as destroyed as he did in the playoffs, and his struggles this year hammer that nail home for me. He’s now no longer a 2nd line centre on a good team.