Seems like majority on here favor yes. I'm going to say no please no.
For me I feel like he only does good when he's reactive and forced to make a move. Such as getting Lindy and Hanifin because something sour was going on with Hamilton and Fox didn't want to sign here. A lot of his proactive moves have been awful, from long contracts to free agents which not a lot have aged well and some current might not either. He keeps bringing in players we don't need because his constant worry about "depth" (Forbort, Fantenberg, Rooney, Pitlick, Simon, etc to name a few). Because of this we either don't get to let young guys come up to sink or swim, and almost lost Kylington for nothing. His inability to hire a stable bench boss wasted a few good years of having a really good roster. Trading away picks like candy, and on top of it poor cap management.
For me I would prefer a new GM that has a different vision. Treliving still stuck in the Burke mould of "big is good" and that's it feels like that's always going to be that way with him. Most guys we draft or get are always "hard workers" or "great characters" or "score goals in dirty areas" type players but rarely do we get "skilled" or "speedy". It's time for a change.
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