Sutter's making it clear to Treliving he doesn't believe we have the horses to make this work; and that this team is incredibly mid.
Have you considered that Sutter is part of the problem? Especially with his issue of playing, younger skilled players that may not be that big, e.g. Pelletier, Phillips? Hell, both should be playing over the likes of Duehr and Lucic.
Not saying there are definitely problem players, but Sutter should not be exempt from the overall team problems.