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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
I blame Treliving for the fact that I too seem to enjoy an Oilers loss more than a Flames win.
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-Drafts Bennett, Monahan and Gaudreau become productive members of team
-Thinks he is building an A team, but instead builds a B team.
-Deludes self into believing he has an A team, makes A team moves to add prematurely, resulting in a loss of key assets for middling value (eg Hamonic)
-Makes one successful team-altering hockey trade with the Hurricanes
-Despite lack of faith in team's ability from fanbase & media, continues to delude himself, shifting focus to coaching and depth
-Butchers coaching hires attempting to find budding coach to succeed, some short term success under Peters, then controversies unearthed
-Makes poor replacement with Ward while key players starting to age and plateau or slowly decline in production
-Two poor first round exits with top players underperforming, as result most expect a change to this group
-No change to this group, attempts to bolster top six but two trades that fall through last minute
-Continues to keep group intact, Ward loses team entirely. Team shows serious motivation issues
-Finally pressured into correct coaching decision with Sutter
-Sutter brings correct approach, but personnel lacking skill necessary to compete with top teams, and some former key players already on decline with no replacements brought in
-Tries to assemble depth of 2014 Kings to complement Sutter approach, leaving no cap space for flexibility
-Core group remains intact once again
-Strong start
-Begin tailing off/reverting to form of team film last 5+ years
Yeah, I'd say you're justified in blaming him. At least a little bit.
