How Flames' PHO Burke views GM role

Treliving to be announced tomorrow in CAL GM

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) April 28, 2025

PHX asst GM Brad Treliving has been hired as GM of the Calgary Flames.

— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) April 28, 2025

With the Calgary Flames hiring Brad Treliving as the franchise's new GM, here's a quote from president of hockey operations Brian Burke from December. He was talking about the relatively new PHO role and how it is structured as it relates to a GM.

“The thinking is — and this exists in a number of franchises in football, baseball, basketball, and now forward in the NHL — you’ve got someone there to steer the ship and mentor a young GM. First off, you avoid the big mistakes that young GMs typically make. And second, you don’t have to have an organizational shift, a major reorientation every time you bring in a new GM. You have someone steering the ship even if someone else is in command on a day-to-day basis.”