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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Don't forget the the fax machine blunder under his watch in Chicago. He has a great eye for amature talent but he's the Benny Hill of GM's. I got so tired of seeing his smug face draft lottery after draft lottery. I'm not sure it's a skill that he ran his team so bad that they got to draft Huberdeau, Barkov, and Ekblad in four seasons as that's Oilers style failing into high draft picks. Once he does accumulate enough talent by being bad for a long period of time he ruins things with horrible moves;
-Dave Bolland 5 year $27 million contract
-Kieth Yandle 7 year $44 million contract
-Sergei Bobrovsky 7 year $70 million contract
-Losing both Marchessault and Reilly Smith for nothing in the expansion draft
-traded Nick Blugstad and Jared McCann to the Penguins for a bag of pucks
Treliving has made his share of bad moves but could you imagine if he had made moves like this? They guy is a terrible GM and it's no coincidence that the Panthers turned into a powerhouse the moment he was fired and replaced with a competent GM.
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I suppose as a “senior advisor” he can’t make any of those kind of mistakes. It’s basically an admission that they suck at gauging talent and that they need a sounding board.