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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Not defending Erixon because there's no excuse for the way things went down but I really believe that the PuckAgency had a lot to do with this as Feaster said in negotiations with another player they were spewing the same stuff about how many guys the Flames had under contract, ice time, etc. It seems that the agency is presently anti-Calgary and for all we know they planted the seeds of doubt with the Erixon's which is why it all came out so late.
Sounds like also Darryl Sutter should take some blame as he may have tried some hardball with them in saying that they wanted Tim to play in the AHL and earn his spot on the big club. There's nothing wrong with that stance but looking at the Flames track record even if Erixon was ready he may have ended up playing a bit longer with the Heat just because being ready hasn't been good enough in the past as if Darryl could bring in a veteran player that was no better but more experienced he would always go that route. From the Erixon's point of view you can certainly see that it would be easy for them be concerned about how their son would be handled as in the end it's big business and it may be tough to swallow their son spending (probably in their minds wasting) a year in Abbotsford when very marginal players like Staios, Pardy, Carson, etc. are playing on the Flames.
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Just wondering what specific examples of players that Sutter purposefully held back knowing they were ready as you mention, but still brought in a veteran ahead of them.