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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
The problem with not getting this done last year is exactly what is playing out now and it very well could end up with Johnny and Tkachuk gone in the same year, after a pretty successful season. Could it have been avoided altogether? We will likely never know who ultimately squashed those discussions or laid this foundation but it's looking increasingly like it may not end well.
The big concern now is that Gaudreau and his camp will come back at the 11th hour next week with a take it or leave it offer to avoid walking and a substantially higher cap hit than the 9.5 that hamstrings the team.
It is what it is, but it has the appearance of pretty sloppy management by Treliving and coupled with the bad term he got out of Tkachuk, the whole thing just feels like something an inexperienced GM might walk into, but not something a guy that has been on the job for nearly a decade should.
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So you don't think Treliving kept his ownership in the loop? You don't think the owners wondered or asked what was going on?
Sure looks like an organizational decision to not deal Gaudreau when they once again as an organization believed they shouldn't or couldn't sign him last summer.