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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Treliving has a plan, but it has largely not succeeded because of personnel. He had a plan for goalies prior to Markstrom. It was to use vets as stopgaps until Parsons or Gillies were established. He had a centre plan - Bennett/Monahan. Then Lindholm in the mix. He had a RW plan, but his choices for that slot were bad. His notion of a RHS D to play top 4 with Brodie, Gio and Hamilton was sound - he targeted the wrong guy.
If Gillies/Parsons, Bennett, Neal and Hamonic panned out like the plan assumed, you’d have a strong team at goal, D and down the middle. And you’d have a big goal scorer on the RW. Treliving’s flaw isn’t his plan. It’s mainly his pro scouting, plus just bad luck with goalies.
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Good summary.
And there's more than enough reasons to fire the guy if that's how you feel without suggesting there's no plan or identity.
He made some bets and was wrong.
But I'm just not the guy that decides I'm smarter than the GM when things don't work out when I thought they were good moves when they were made.