I don't think Treliving and Sutter differ than much on their vision of a hockey team. Sutter took a team, mostly assembled by Treliving before here was hired, and led them to a 111 point season and division title.
Core players that were hand picked by Treliving left, whether that was egregious mismanagement or not is debatable. They were replaced with 2 players to replace them that were the best possible he could find, but likely not optimal even in his eyes. I doubt Treliving would have switched out Gaudreau, Monahan, and Tkachuk for Kadri, Huberdeau, and Weegar, if he wasn't forced into that corner. His first choice would probably have been Sutter's as well.
Maybe there was some interpersonal stuff going on between the two, but as far as hockey vision goes, I bet they weren't that different.
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