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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Treliving actually did a lot of good things and made a lot of really good moves.
He did build the best team we've had in the last 20 or even 30 years.
He sucked at coaching hires though, like really, really terrible.
And he also had some #### luck as well. Like an ELC Norris winner refusing to sign, and Monahan dealing with serious injuries right when the Flames were hitting the apex of that rebuild cycle. Bennett being a slow developer was also not good, especially when combined with the Monahan injuries, but part of that is likely due to the previously mentioned awful coaching hires.
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He did have some pretty good luck like inheriting Gaudreau, Monahan, Brodie, Giordano, Backlund (basically the heart of the team). Made one real good draft pick in Tkachuk and then traded away futures to eventually get Lindholm, Hanifin and Hamonic.