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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Largely, sure. But if Treliving says he’s going to trade the team’s biggest stars for younger assets, and the team will likely be out of the playoffs for 3 to 5 seasons, I doubt the response would be “sure, whatever you think is best, Brad.”
My assumption is ownership’s influence extends only as far as the strategic direction of the team: make the playoffs / all-in to win the Cup / rebuild. But if Treliving’s marching orders for his entire tenure has been “make the playoffs” (and I personally believe they have), then that influences the kinds of deals Treliving can and cannot make.
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This is the "owners are too cheap to pay for an elite coach" malarkey again.
Even if that was the case, which we don't even know. The owners aren't the ones targeting and signing the Troy Brouwers and James Neals if the world. They're not telling Treliving to trade all their picks for Dougie and Hamonic because they love these players so much. That's all on Treliving and co. His vision is all about defense, building a strong defense, offense from your defense and etc etc. He chose the goaltenders, he chose the core, he chose to build through free agency.
Heck, I have sneaking suspicion that majority owner Murray Edwards doesn't know squat about hockey. He's asleep in London when the Flames play their games. I don't understand CP sometimes, people here are more then willing to dump on and run good coaches and good players out of town without blinking an eye. But Treliving has been here for 7 years, been through 5 different coaches and there's a 2000 post fortress defending his every move. Why didn't Geoff Ward or Glen Gulutzan get this kind of treatment? They had what, a few bad months and were unfairly torn to shreds here. Treliving has had 7 years and is one of the longest tenured GMs in the league, his lack of success should 100% put him on the hot seat.