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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
I gained a lot of respect for Treliving in the way he handled this entire situation. You could tell he was pretty shaken up during parts of this announcement. This goes far beyond the expectation of your GM and would have been absolutely brutal. Well done Tre.
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He said it was the hardest day of his career and I believe him. Nobody goes into most jobs, let alone GM of a hockey team, thinking that one day they are going to have to handle a very racially-sensitive situation with an employee coming off an incredible year.
In the matter of 12 hours after the story broke he had an entire country of hockey fans breathing down his neck, media digging into past stories and questioning why he didn't know about this, and internet keyboard warriors screaming for action. All while trying to navigate this ordeal with what legal council is advising him for something that happened in another country a decade ago before he even worked for this team. And it looks like the other GM of the other team hid this from him when he did his due diligence.
A pretty crappy situation for Brad to have to deal with. Yet here we are not even 4 full days later and the situation has been handled, investigated and resolved to the satisfaction of all parties.
Say what you want about BT for the team he puts on the ice. But IMO he couldn't of handled it any better, any quicker, with a better ending. It's a bad situation all around, but I'm glad the team had him at the helm. Much respect to him.