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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I think he can try to meddle in individual decisions at times too.
I have heard he played a big role in James Neal to Calgary. That he thought Neal was a big factor in the playoff run for Vegas, and when he was still available on Day 2 of free agency he's the one that made the big push to Treliving to sign him.
Now I don't really know if that's true or not...but it kind of makes sense when you consider it was after that season in 2019 when there were rumors that a condition of Treliving re-signing was full autonomy - you're not asking for that if the owner doesn't meddle.
And honeslty I don't blame Edwards for meddling, if I was an owner I would want to meddle too. Hell I'd probably be Jerry Jones and just make myself GM.
But I do fault him a bit for the way he does manage things sometimes and it does seem like his overall mindset is playoffs or bust more than long term building a cup contender.
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I hadn't heard that story about Neal. I have always thought Treliving was just checking bozes and wanted a big net crashing RHS finisher for the top line. Neal had never not scored 20 goals. Where I think all of that went wrong was a lack of due diligence past the goal totals. Neal had a rep and it wasn't a good one.