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Originally Posted by Bingo
It's not a CP thing. It's common sense.
When Sutter was the GM they had a huge lean towards size and being from Western Canada. Craig Button was into Russia, but that went away completely when he was let go.
Feaster didn't have as much a set plan, was all over the place.
Bryan Burke had them back into drafting big again in his one year at the table.
Under Treliving they've taken more swings at high end skill regardless of issue (skating, size).
Different guys at the top change what happens in a scouting group. Seems silly to look past that.
I think Treliving has given his scouting staff a larger voice and with that they've found some gems late in the draft. Not popular to support Treliving these days, but this is one area he has clearly improved.
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Burke never had a “year at the table”. Treliving was full on general manager for the 2014 draft. He made the Bollig trade, Burke said he wasn’t making hockey decisions when he announced the Treliving hire
Unless you meant literally “sat at the scouting table” which in that case Burke should share the credit for 2015 and 2016 as well, he had the exact same role for those good drafts as he did in 2014