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Originally Posted by Textcritic
While he has not managed to make the improvements many saw as necessary, I don't think Treliving can be faulted for not reacting accordingly. He made overtures to acquire Mark Stone, Nazem Kadri, Taylor Hall, Jason Zucker, Josh Anderson and Pierre Lucic Dubois. It is certainly fair to fault him for his inability to make changes, but I don't think anyone can legitimately say that Treliving was unaware of the need for change, nor unwilling to do anything about it.
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Well that's really what it is. Awareness and execution are two different things. And at the end of the day, the same way its about results for the guys on the ice, its about results for the guys off it. No one in pro sports gets accolades for moves they almost made.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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