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Originally Posted by ricardodw
I think that he lost his job on specific tasks:
1) The #1 prospect in the Flames organization, Baertschi, did not have a dramatic impact and slid back on his AHL play.
2) He had a line-up of really near NHL players going into the playoffs. They needed to win a round or 3. That was an important organizational goal for the Flames to make some noise in the AHL playoffs and they got 1 playoff win in a series that it would appear he had the much stronger roster.
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I agree that the playoff failure was an organizational disappointment and couldn't have helped him with his new bosses.
But to suggest they had a much stronger roster is just flat out wrong. Grand Rapids have a deep team, the experience of winning it all last year, a great goalie (actually 2 of them), and got a bunch of players back when Detroit got eliminated.