I don't know why they even bothered hiring Treliving.
So he could make blockbuster trades involving third and fourth liners?
Matthews agent is the one who will be dictating the terms of that extension. So maybe, just maybe, that leaves Nylander to get traded eventually if he doesn't re-sign. That's if they don't walk him to free agency instead.
Given both Treliving's, and the team's, recent history that wouldn't surprise me.
Nothing this organization does makes any sense. This is the second time they replaced the GM when, arguably, the most important contracts in team history needed negotiating. This time they hired the guy that just botched re-signing his own superstars.
Replacing a guy with no playoffs success with someone who has an even lengthier record of no playoffs success.