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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Not to defend Treliving because I'm fine to see a new mind run this team at this point, but you're overstating the situation Treliving walked into.
A dream situation is walking into a team that is right on the cusp and can't get over the hump. One where you're tweaking, not starting from scratch knowing it might take you 5+ years just to build to anything worthwhile.
The Flames had 4 good/potentially good young players, one good defenceman, and one great looking prospect... that's basically it.
Feaster did the dirty work, but nobody is going to stand up and say he did a good job of it. Think about it: he made 25 trades over his two years at the helm, which included moving out Jarome Iginla, and not a single one of those trades produced anything of value. That's a mixture of the players acquired just not being that good and the draft picks he made with those he acquired not really panning out. But 25 trades, and literally not one you can point to and say "that helped us today."
Well, maybe Brian McGrattan, considering he now works for the club and was a good leader.
But that's it. One enforcer who brought more than anyone could have imagined he would.
Fine to say Treliving started with a clean slate, but nobody in their right mind is calling it a dream.
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Feaster was a bad GM but he stumbled into some nice moves. Russell for a 5th, salvaging the Erixon fiasco. Those helped position the new guy.
I’d say Treliving inherited a good situation, far better than most new GM’s.