"Should be but won't"
Should be ONLY because of a "buck stops here" notion. I really think his lack of success is mostly down to events beyond his control. Won't be because it seems pretty useless to fire him with a year left and no real prospect to move forward other than trying to dump assets and rebuild, which he can do.
I think Treliving's actual errors are Neal, Hamonic (but both can be rationalized easily) and arguably his coaching hire decisions, though the process I had the biggest issue with got them Peters and he had the best results.
The fundamental problems with the team, though, actually pre-existed Treliving and unless he was willing to trade Gaudreau, Monahan, Backlund, Bennett and even Giordano much earlier, very difficult to address.
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