Treliving defenders seem to gloss over the cap space he inherited and the ability to accumulate high picks because of the bad roster. It's what he did with these things that provides fuel for his detractors.
To me, looking at the state of the big league roster seven years ago doesn't explain the state of the organization today. Will be real interesting to see if this prospect base is materially better. As pointed out, he inherited a bad NHL team so being unable to upgrade the organizational pipeline would be criminal.
As other have pointed out, he did in fact inherit some excellent foundational pieces. And then essentially moved sideways for seven years.
I'm done with blaming Sutter or Feaster for this organization.
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