[taxbuster]

Originally Posted by howard_the_duck

This will be a true test of ownership's merit.

Door number one you keep Sutter, deal with trade requests and make moves from a position of zero leverage. This scenario makes it almost impossible to 'win now' as your disgruntled veterans are forcing trades that will be very challenging to win in a hockey trade and still remain competitive. This route also probably moves on from Treliving, giving some (if not all) hockey ops control to Sutter.

Door number two, you fire Sutter, attempt to re-sign Treliving to an extension, and give him the herculean task of winning now with an aging, expensive roster.

If I'm Treliving and somewhat of a coveted GM, this is not a job I'd come back to. There's no way to slice it. Lack of impact prospects, cap space, and autonomy. Heck, I'd even sit it out and if it means waiting a season for the right job to open up, that's preferable.

Either way you slice it, I think it's near foregone conclusion we see someone new in the GM chair this offseason.

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