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Originally Posted by N-E-B
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.
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Literally every player outside Markstrom is/should be available. We have our 1sts and 2nds in the upcoming drafts. We have the assets to outbid who we need to outbid for the players we want.
There's just no execution. Because I highly doubt our core guys are that undesirable.