Treliving needs to go.
He assembled this roster with a certain skillset and vision in mind (and found success) and then flip flopped that outlook due to the outcome of the Colorado series and wanted to become more "difficult" to play against. In theory that sounds fine, but the construction of the roster did not allow for this to happen.
Johhny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan have gone from elite even strength point producers over a 3-4 year period to now producing at below average third line results. That is not due to a lack of skill or ability. This is due to these players being pigeonholed into a system they simply don't have the tools and attributes to successfully and productively execute. It's no coincidence that the even strength production of our high end players has dropped off a cliff after Ward took over. He had an extremely similar outlook and vision as Sutter.
This organization has effectively neutered the creativity and productivity of it's best players and drove their respective values down into the ground in the process. This mess is Treliving's burden to carry.
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