I'm mixed on this. Tre was clearly a really good person and made the Flames organization a great place to work. Players have said great things about him. Journalists have said great things about him. Coworkers have said great things about him.
Yet, I can't help but look at his body of work and see it as very average. Playoffs in about half the seasons. Got out of the first round every other year of making the playoffs. That is statistically average.
His body of work...some really great trades / UFA signings (Hamilton, Tanev) offset by really bad ones (Hamonic, Neal, Brouwer). His biggest mistakes - Tkachuk bridge deal, Kadri/Huby signing, JG walking, Brodie walking, Gio walking - are pretty glaring. I really do wonder if he has a particularly good eye for talent or managing the cap.
I watched the exit interviews and genuinely wondered if the problem in the room was Sutter, Huby or Kadri or all three. Of if different players had problems with different people. Outside of Kadri and Huby, I haven't heard of a single player that has an issue with Sutter. I can't help but wonder if the other player exit interviews threw serious shade at Huby and/or Kadri. And that would have put Tre in a huge bind, where maybe it just made most sense to walk away.
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