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Originally Posted by pikester
i think anyone who has watched the drama of this team (particularly since the playoff collapse of '19), recognises Treliving has likely fired the last of the bullets he had left in his magazine with the aquisition of Markstrom, and then re-hiring Sutter. Ironically it will be bringing back Sutter that likely seals Tre's fate. Sutter is eliminating any blame that might previously have been attributed to unproven coaching, laying bare the warts & shortcomings of this roster for all to see. This roster that Brad Treliving alone is responsible for. The only way I see Tre survive as GM beyond the end of this season is if ownership burries their heads in the sand, stubbornly believe they can fix this with a couple major & minor trades, and hope Sutter has enough to work with. Unfortunately for this franchise & it's fiercely loyal fanbase, this does appear to be the direction they are leaning.
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I don't know... I see lots of people saying this and I think some of the points are fair, but unless you know the inner workings of what was available to the Flames and for what prices especially with trades, signings or potential hires, it's near impossible to properly evaluate Tre's performance. For all we know a lesser GM may have taken us to a far worse place than we are today and Ownership may also recognize this and fully support Tre.
The only aspect of the GM job we have full visibility of is drafting... and for me the drafting under Tre has been better than any GM I can remember.