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Originally Posted by Naitix
With all the talk from you guys about Treliving choosing to leave the Flames and how it reflects poorly and that he does not believe in this team etc is bull####. He spent 9 years here, a very long time for a GM in hockey - I think majority of people would choose to leave your current job employment after such a long time, especially when you are basically guaranteed a job somewhere else and that job most likely will be better.
Let's not pretend here as Flames are some lucrative team to be the GM off, there are at least 16 other teams in the league that I would rather be the GM off than the Flames. It is a tough job, a tough market and Tre spent 9 years here working his ass off - that is insane. He had to basically be the GM and president of hockey ops, he will most likely get a raise and an easier work schedule at his next job. This is no different than if some of you would leave your current job for a better one, it is really not that difficult to understand and I would do the same thing if I was Tre.
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I agree. People emotionally want to paint this picture of things must be terribly wrong, for all this to happen. It's a tough time to be a Flames fan on the ice right now that's for sure.
But to your point, the man styed here for 9 years. All the new players that "apparently" want out now, also signed extensions here at one point. For all the players we lost last year, some high profile new ones signed on long term.
Things change over time. The Flames absolutely failed to get over the hump in the last decade, and with that, comes change. That change doesn't mean people are running from something terrible, it's just when you don't achieve your ultimate goals, things start to evolve.