Yeah Sutter was terrible. The best way to evaluate a GM is to look at success on his tenure and how well setup he left the franchise after he left.
On both accounts Sutter failed. Caught lightning in a bottle with kiprusoff then fumbled around for another six years as the team got progressively worse. All the while actually eroding the team's future to boot.
We all loved the 2004 run but looking at the portfolio the team was an unmitigated failure under his tenure.
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