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Originally Posted by Parallex
No, he still stunk even in hindsight. He just had the benefit of getting the Vezina quality version of Kiprusoff while Hartley got a beer league quality version of same.
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Yeah, just look at what Sutter was handed compared to Hartley (younger core players and stars that still delivered like stars because they were younger). People forget that when we first hired Brent Sutter 4 years ago, many people had the Flames in the top 4 of the conference.
Hartley had a team with an older Iginla and Kipper, started after a lockout where he didn't have a full camp to work things out and with players likely not in the best shape. Not to mention the the absence of Iginla and Bouwmeester for a good chunk of the season.
I think it's a miracle that we aren't drafting top 3.