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Old 05-02-2024, 12:24 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by saillias View Post
I think he predates Sutter, right? He became Head of Scouting under Craig Button? There's been debates about his competence as long as I've been on the internet. At some point everyone decides he must have really good rankings and Flames failed picks must be the fault of management meddling and inserting their own bias. Or that he has compromising information on everyone in this org
He became director of scouting or head scout 1 year after Craig Button was hired as GM. He was an amateur scout with the Flames for 3 years before Craig Button was hired.

Crazy that Tod Button's overall tenure with the Flames goes back to Al Coates.
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