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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
It's not what he has to do to save his job, it's what he's done that should result in him being fired. All of this was predictable. ALL of it. There have been a few of us on this site - labeled the "chicken littles" or the "doom and gloomers" - who saw this all developing into the very ugly situation it has become. This was happening because of the house of cards Treliving had set up. There was no foundation to it, so all it took was one card being pulled to see the collapse begin. Worse, Treliving gave the remainder of the deck of cards away over the year trying to fortify the house, which just became that much more unstable. I understand what he tried to do, but it was too late in the game was unlikely to change what had already been set in motion. A major tear down is coming, and Brad Treliving should not be involved in the rebuild that comes with it.
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We all saw it coming, because it was an obvious risk. Gaudreau and Tkachuk were both upcoming UFAs, who are American and have strong ties to their respective home areas.
With what's going on with Tkachuk, that should show you how limited the options were with Gaudreau a year ago. Tkachuk is currently coming of a 100 point season, is 24, and has the physical presence most teams covet. Moving him for a massive haul isn't so simple.
Last off-season, Gaudreau was coming off back to back sub-par seasons, is tiny, was turning 28, and everyone knew he might run back to the east. The return on him wouldn't have been that great. So management has to decide between getting a poor return for their franchise player or letting Sutter do his thing. They let Sutter do his thing.
It never was the best situation, and after two years of poor play by the Flames, all the options were bad.