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Originally Posted by TOfan
I get the cynicism when it comes to Treliving, after all he was the GM.and at the end of the day the results were ‘meh’. 2 second round loses.
But, and I’ve said this all along, the decision to stay competitive and dole out $183M in contract extensions/UFA signings to Huberdeau/Weegar/Kadri was an organizational decision. No way Treliving acted rouge on this. If anything the direction to do so was given to him from above.
Edwards/Bean//Maloney all deserve equal the amount of criticism and derision that Treliving gets here. This is also why I have a wait and see approach on Conroy and the team he is able to mold. As I said yesterday, I think Conroy has three years to ‘rebuild’. Once the new arena is occupied, the foot will be firmly on the gas pedal. If Conroy is to build a team that has its core in place for the next 10 years or so, fantastic. If not, expect to see many of the same picks for players and questionable UFA signings, in the same mold as Treliving/Feaster/Sutter.
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If Murray gives the direction like many allege he has clearly ordered Conroy to rebuild now so the guy is clearly flexible. Doubt that Murray ever ordered Treliving to sell off picks or be in constant go for it mode. My suspicion is that he is pretty hands off and the only decision he ever imposed was the hiring of Sutter.
If Murray was a constant “have to go for it guy” one would think he would have told Conroy to go for it last year coming off a season where they finished 2 points out. But somehow he found the intestinal fortitude to allow a rebuild to start months after missing the playoffs by 2 points.