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Originally Posted by nik-
If you can't come to a deal with your most valuable asset ahead of their FA year, you need to move him. I don't think he had the guts (or the rope) to make that decision. So maybe the blame lies higher, and lets be honest, it probably does, but this is the case. This team does not have the asset base to just let a massive hole be blown in it by our best player walking. That's his job, and he didn't do it. This team is no better (in a truly competitive fashion) than it was when he took over, and it's potentially about to get much worse. Short term and long term.
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In like 90% of cases a players that still need to be extended in their last year do get extended. And you have no idea whether Johnny was saying he just wanted to play and would do a reasonable deal after the season.
I never said the team would be in good shape. I never even said Treliving should keep his job. I said this one isn't on him. No one would have traded Johnny Gaudreau at that point. Tell me what kind of deals would be available back then?