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Originally Posted by Bingo
That's a great post and summary.
I just don't agree with the last paragraph, as I would have assumed Sean Monahan and Johnny Gaudreau were 2/3 of a first line that you could build around.
He (me/we) was wrong in the end, but that's the principal failure of this roster/organization. The best players didn't turn out to be all that good.
He improved the drafting, which has added a lot of complimentary players, brought in other key pieces through trades and free agent signings.
Overall it should have worked better than it did, but he hitched the wagon to two star players that are no longer really stars.
So ultimately he was wrong and you could fire him, and I suppose if his coach hires stunted some players that's his fault as well, but I'm still in the camp of having the same assumptions as the GM, so I wouldn't fire him with hindsight available.
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I agree with this and I agree with most of what Comix posted as well except I do not think this is a bottom 10 roster in the league. I mean it is this year but I do think we have some really good players having some really bad seasons with Tkachuk and Markstrom leading the way. It is that reasoning which is why I hesitate to blow the whole thing up and start tanking.
Tree hung on to the Monahan and Gaudreau combo for too long however and we don’t need hindsight for that. A move should have happened after the bubble last summer and Treliving decided he thought they had a better chance of bouncing back than the offers he received. Unfortunately he guesses wrong there and the assets are devalued even more