What an odd topic for Treliving to focus on. Players not wanting to come here? Last I checked, Treliving has had no problem luring high quality free agents to Calgary over his tenure as Flames GM and if anything, luring these UFAs have actually caused him the most grief. The Flames have tons of holes in the line up because Tre has tried to plug failed, expensive free agents into the line up which for the most part, hasn't helped. That just comes down to poor vision, bad direction and dreadful talent evaluation.
I mean, It's not like Jack Eichel axed a trade to the Flames this offseason or something. It's more like the mismanagement of assets under Treliving has made the Flames asset poor which has hampered his ability to manufacture a trade. Had he been more proactive, perhaps he would've traded Monahan prior to his value dropping off a cliff or ideally, he could've put more trust in his amateur scouts and allowed this team to grow more organically instead of rushing the rebuild and signing overpaid periphery pieces when this team was actually missing serious core pieces.
To me, it's pretty simple. This could very well be his last offseason as an NHL GM and he decided to go with virtually the same mediocre group that can't get out of the first round or miss the playoffs completely. I really expected core changes this offseason and am left extremely disappointed. Our only hope now is that we can somehow eek into the playoffs playing the most boring, low scoring hockey while praying our .904 starter doesn't get injured from overuse. A lot is going to have to go right this season for Treliving to save his job and reputation.
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