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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I do. Maintain consistency within the higher ranks. I think when you look at the body of work overall, he's proven to be a solid GM.
I stick with him.
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I kind of disagree. He's the man at the top and he's fully responsible for the mess this roster has become. Treliving is a 4th line grinder of GM's. He busts his ass off as nobody works harder but at the end of the day the talent isn't there. He you could put a schmuck in a lineup of HOF coaches and he would chose the schmuck to coach his team. He has no clue what a good NHL coach looks like. No clue at all. Nor does he know what a good NHL defenseman looks like. He's overpaid guys like Engelland and Stone way overpaid in trades for Hamonic, and Hanafin. The defense group is just a mess and last night was exhibit A on just how bad some of these defenders are as the only good ones are the ones he inherited and a guy they lucked out on with a 2nd round pick in Andersson. Don't even get me started on free agency but he's responsible for two of the all time worst free agent signings in the history of the organization to which he doubled down and parlayed into the softest big man in the NHL in Lucic.
He's a mediocre GM that's build a team that mirrors his talents as a GM. He will probably get fleeced in a deal for a rental like Kreider who will never, ever sign with a Canadian club and in the offseason he will probably take the interim tag off Ward and give him the job despite it being evident to all but him that Ward is a good assistant coach and just not head coach material. We just have to wait a few more seasons of mediocrity until Flames ownership is willing to eat the last year on his contract and fire him and start the process all over again. Make no mistake Brad Treliving is a less cocky version of Jay Feaster as every good move is counteracted with a bad move hence the team being mired in mediocrity.