Buyout won’t happen. I’m assuming the team success this year has bought Treliving another year or two in charge (which I strongly dislike) and I can’t see him buying out another one of his contracts. GM’s often act with short sighted self preservation in mind and optics do matter
But in terms of retaining salary/taking back players I think the team will get creative to move on from him in the offseason. The team has evolved past him to the point where he can be mediocre for a quarter of the season and the team barely feels it standings wise. I think it was a massive mistake to not shut him down last year, I don’t think his absence would have been felt at all compared to what we got from him injured
Things don’t seem to be getting better for him this season. Best game was against a tired Sens half NHL team and then he disappeared again. Pucks die on his stick constantly, he doesn’t move his feet, and he’s basically being used as a decoy on the powerplay
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