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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I think his work in Toronto has been worse than Calgary. The Marner thing is just weird. Giving up high picks for mid players is a Toronto thing though, not just Treliving. Must be something in the water. It’s happened for years
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I agree that his work in Calgary was/is better and ultimately I think the good part of the Brad Treliving legacy in Calgary all revolves around Dougie Hamilton. His best moves as the GM of the Flames were the deals that brought Dougie in and the one that sent him away. Coming off a surprise run to the second round and with top young players in Gaudreau and Monahan along with recently drafted center Sam Bennett the Flames needed a top Dman to pair with those guys (they had a great top pair in Gio/Brodie who were older than the new core). Using known draft capital to make that deal allowed the flames to add a win now/long term piece.
3 years later and 2 playoff misses Treliving used the Hamilton asset to reset the roster. Sending him along with a player entering the last year of his deal and a top prospect who wouldn’t sign here he landed 2 former 5th overall picks at the age of 23 and 21. Locking those guys to sub $5M 6 year deals put the Flames on a better path. It turned out to be a fantastic deal for Calgary.
His UFA work got better as time went on. Tanev, Markstrom, Coleman, Kadri were all much better signings than Raymond, Brouwer, or Neal.
Blowing picks on Elliott, Smith, Hamonic were some of his worst moves as trades. The Tkachuk trade aged terribly and the Monahan trade was among his worst moves. Lining up contracts to lose Gaudreau and Tkachuk in the same summer was also a disaster.
Glad he is gone. A little surprised he has been worse in Toronto where he would have more resources, and allegedly more control.