I can very much see Treliving wanting to stay but not wanting Sutter to coach. So if there was a way for Darryl to gracefully step away from that position (without the optics of getting canned or the team firing him before his new deal even kicks in), I'm sure they're exploring it.
I also have to think this was a difficult year for Sutter. Does he want to be back knowing how badly things went this year (and assuming he acknowledges he was part of the reason why)? You can blame it all on goaltending but there was enough smoke with Huberdeau, Kadri, playing the vets and not playing the kids, etc to conclude there was a lot of friction this year.
Either way I'm happy to see Conroy will be back and I suppose Maloney as well.
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