I really hope Treliving never gets involved in high stakes poker as the man just doesn't know when he's being bluffed. I don't blame Treliving for believing he had a shot of signing Gaudreau but I don't understand how he could not connect the dots with Tkachuk. The moment he was drafted the clock was ticking for this guy to go to the USA and I just don't understand how Treliving and others in the organization thought they actually had a chance to sign him long term. I could understand if he was a rookie GM but he's one of the longest tenured in the league and this month looks like a guy that just walked into being an NHL GM. He was defiant at the draft that he was going to get these guys signed and with them both walking on him it makes him look like a bit of a chump. I'm sure he learned a valuable lesson this month but it's not very confidence inspiring that 8 years into the job he's still learning on the job.
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