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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Dubas made plenty of trades IMO. He was just bad at them. Didn’t like Treliving trading picks? Dubas traded a first for 11 games of Foligno.
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His deadline deals this season were pretty puzzling as well.
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Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
A bit tough for Treliving if he does get the job.
Keep this in mind: He has this season to deal with. He has to figure out if he is able to re-sign Matthews to an 8-year deal. He also has to figure out whether or not he can re-sign Nylander to a reasonable cap hit or let him go and retool. He never did that with us, so I am not expecting that at all.
Leafs fans are going to crucify him if they lose either one of Matthews or Nylander for nothing. And if either are traded because an extension can't be reached, also a call for his head. Dubas left Brad a tough mess to deal with for the 2023/2024 season.
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What Treliving has on Dubas or a lot of other candidates is he's walked the walk in the near exact situation. I expect he should be better with the experience of last offseason under his belt. That said the players still have the final say so he's going to have to try to get to know the players quickly and look for the telltale signs that he may have been oblivious to when dealing with Tkachuk. If Matthews is a matter purely of money then I imagine he will get it done and simply move Nylander as that's the obvious play.