I think Treliving's trade record is good, the trades he makes to recoup assets and the trades he makes to swap players are hard to complain about for the most part. His ability to sign his own players for reasonable contracts and cap hits has been one of his biggest strengths as well. Signing free agents has been hit and miss, and when he misses he misses big, spending big money on players that have had negative impacts on the team.
But we are where we are now. When he took over we were an up and coming team with a core that was still growing and developing. Today we have a core that should be in its prime and has already shown signs of regressing. We lost our captain and best defenseman for nothing in a season where we had no success and didn't make the playoffs.
I personally don't see a path for this team to become a true contender. Adding either would be nice but probably is a pipe dream and there's about as big of a chance that it blows up in our face as it does make us a lot better.
I'm tired of cheering for a team that doesn't have a future and doesn't seem to pit much effort on the ice. Change for the sake of change would be better than being stuck in purgatory. IMO take a wild swing and if it doesn't work you restart at the bottom.
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