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Originally Posted by The Cobra
The large majority of posters thought Treliving had done a spectacular job at the time, and many of those same posters are ready to hang him for such a terrible job he did.
Now, the only justification would be that "Treliving should know better, that's his job". There is some truth to that.
But those same posters in he future, when voicing a hockey opinion about moves the GM is doing they don't agree with, should qualify their post my saying "Warning, I may not know what I'm talking about, because its not my job".
I thought Treliving had done a great job with the hand he was dealt, although I didn't like that he didn't sign Tkachuk long term when he had the chance years ago. So, I would have difficulty criticizing him now.
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I think you also need to take into account what the direction from ownership was. Was Treliving even allowed to pull the trigger on the rumoured Carolina package? Believe it was Necas, a first and a D?
Based on the history of how this organization carries itsrlf, I bet once Florida came in with their offer and how the Flames saw that as a way to stay competitive after their best season in years/decades there really was no decision. It was the Florida package all day long, without much consideration otherwise.