[dammage79]

Still boils back to Treliving dumpster diving for RWs in the off season. The management team were bound and determined to get Lindholm at center and just left it at that.

I get the idea of signing Simon as he looked to be able to produce on a top line but that blew up in their face. I really think they thought he was the one to fill the hole at 1 rw.

It's the failure by Treliving IMO to properly address a hole in their fw group THEY created by moving Limdholm to center.

And it cratered three fold.
1. Left a massive hole on Monahan and Gaudreaus wing.
2. Forced the separation of Tkachuk and Backlund (probably their biggest blunder, they cratered their safety valve in breaking up that line)
3. Broke up what was a successful science experiment in Lucic-Bennett-Dube

The coaches and GM tinkered their way into oblivion.

Heck after writing this post I kind of want Tree fired more now. Definitely has come off a the smartest guys in the room but the room is full of jellyfish.