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Old 12-14-2023, 11:14 AM   #13364
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Originally Posted by Bingo View Post
He had some great trades. I'd say he won more than he lost.

UFAs haunted him.

He over bet on a core.

Drafting was great.

Didn't have enough picks betting on said core.

Bet on Gaudreau and was wrong.

Since he left I think the biggest strike against him was the reveal that he didn't collaborate with his management team much.

I don't think we have to name a street after him in Calgary but the wizard drive by nonsense we see on this site if way over the top.
I don't disagree with anything here except I kind of get a chuckle at the wizard drive by nonsense a little bit. Some fans were able to build a full time hobby around praising or defending most everything Treliving did, to the point where Wizard was in fact how he was viewed by some.

A short sarcastic reference to this doesn't bother me too much.

I always thought he stepped into a pretty good situation. A team with no cap issues, some decent young players, some tradeable assets and manageable expectations. And he didn't really do much with it.

But this is beating a dead horse territory.
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