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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
The GM stepped down because he was told to make his middling roster win with an elite coach implementing a specific path towards winning with a middling roster and it didn’t work as expected.
The GM stepped down because he was tired of the Calgary wringer with continual limitations and might as well go through the same BS elsewhere but with Matthews, Marner, Nylander and Knies to start with.
Sutter had nothing to do with it. He would have known Sutter wasn’t locked in (as he wasn’t) before he made his final call to leave. He wanted a change.
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No, it was a solid roster that was widely expected to win the division. Sutter is a great coach, but he had a terrible season - he mismanaged the lines, he didn't handle the goalies well, he didn't utilize players that Treliving brought in, he created a toxic atmosphere, he made no attempt to make 3on3 any good, he destroyed the confidence of his best player, and misused him all year... it goes on and on. It will probably go down as the worst year of coaching Sutter ever put out there.
And to be clear: I am a big Sutter fan.