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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
I've stopped believing anything that comes out about how hard Treliving works or how many plates he's got on the boiler. It's all amounted to all talk, no walk.
The biggest (and only) change he's made in 3 years was imposed on him by the expansion draft.
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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Yeah, I agree with this.
We’re currently in the 38th straight month where Treliving has “been in on everything” from a trade perspective, and he hasn’t accomplished anything (measured back to June ‘18 when we acquire Lindholm/Hanifin).
I believe it was actually Dreger who said Treliving was one of the most creative GM’s, but Friedman has consistently said that Treliving is one of the most aggressive GM’s out there…
It is 100% time for Treliving to actually execute at a better than “poor” level, unless this team wants to continue getting poor results.
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I think you guys are just slightly off the mark a bit with these takes. I don’t think the issue is that Treliving doesn’t work hard. I believe wholeheartedly that he works tirelessly.
I think the bigger issue is that the team lacks desirable assets to pull off these big trades. It takes two teams to make a trade. We get outbid consistently not because Treliving is afraid to make moves but because we never have the best assets to make the trades.
I think Treliving deserves criticism, just not the criticism given here. It’s not that he doesn’t work hard, it’s that he spends assets on bozos like Brandon Bollig and Tyler Pitlick. Then when the time comes to make a big deal he can’t justify the asking price, or he simply lacks the currency to get it done. If you were another team would you really be interested in anything Calgary has had to offer recently?
Fortunately regarding Eichel I think the cupboards have been restocked these last two drafts and I think they can make a big move without completely decimating the farm. But even still the Buffalo Sabres still have to agree to the deal.
His work ethic isn’t an issue. His issue is that he’s never had the currency to make the big deals.