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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
It wouldn't surprise me if Treliving isn't fired - but even if it is going to happen, it probably wouldn't happen for a few weeks. The organization will first do some kind of internal analysis. I prefer that they do this anyway - no knee-jerk reactions. If they feel that Treliving is the wrong candidate, they will fire him, and if they come together and think that these underwhelming seasons happened in spite of Treliving, then he will be retained. I would prefer they do it this way all the time, so this organization doesn't become a revolving door of laughter like some others. I wouldn't expect to see him gone for at least a few weeks, maybe a month. Once the playoffs end and Treliving is still around, that's the signal to me that he isn't going to be let-go.
I do agree, however, that if Treliving is retained, he has no other option than to make a bigger change. I think he pretty much has to given the contract situations anyway, but I do think that at least one core member will be traded - so one out of Monahan, Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Lindholm (probably the only 'safe' one given performance and contract status), Backlund and Giordano.
I do think there will be overhaul on the bottom 6 as well - I think he stated that the 'new additions didn't work out', so I can't imagine that any of them will be returning (maybe Leivo - he did pick up on scoring). I would imagine Nordstrom, Ritchie (though both Sutter favourites), Simon, maybe Leivo will be gone, and I think Ryan is gone too.
I think there will be a lot of turnover this season - more than usual. Usually there is 3-5 players more or less. I think we see maybe 7 or 8 new faces before the season starts up again.
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I don’t see it the same way. Dismissing him wouldn’t be knee jerk. The body of work and evidence are all there.
If the team hasn’t done the analysis, that’s where they are the joke
Treliving can justify everything he has done, can speak about all of the analysis that went in to each of his moves. I listed in another post about 10-15 of his moves that have not worked out for the better. He is getting a pretty long rap sheet now, both in terms of moves that didn’t work out, and seasons that didn’t work out
He seems to be able to say it all starts with him, and at some point the owners should listen to that part of the story
The team IMO should not waste another second on this guy. I still think they keep him but absolutely should not