Coming into the 2016-17 season, Brad Treliving was also entering the final year of his first deal as the Calgary Flames’ general manager. In the first year, his team made the playoffs (albeit more thanks to a season-long stretch of incredible luck than anything else). In his second year, they did not.
Not that his third year was a make or break year for him or anything, but it turned out okay when all was said and done.
From 2015-16’s end to the draft
Most of the time, we aren’t focused on what the general manager is doing.