Last offseason I thought they should trade one of Monahan or Gaudreau and the Gaudreau proposals, plus his contract, made him the more logical choice.
I don't know if anyone seriously talked about trading either after Colorado. They'd finished first. They'd scored like crazy. And no trade would have gotten an elite 1C. So you either blow it up completely and tank for a 1C (and who was coming up in that role in the draft - Jack Hughes?)
I agree that the team isn't successful, it's been 7 years, they've spent to the cap, etc. So on results, yes, you can justify firing Treliving. But unless you believe this team was always a coach away from success (which Sutter is disproving), there's not very many moves Treliving made that were illogical and sometimes even the only ones available.
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