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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Personally I think Sutter was too tied up by King and the owners to literally 'make the playoffs' or hit the road to develop the team the way he wanted. At one time he said that the Cup run screwed up the team development as it raised unrealistic expectations. This pressure forced him into sometimes making desperate trades. Combine this with rumoured King interference and I think Sutter gets a bad rap for his work as GM.
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Well there were rumors Sutter was going to step back behind the bench instead of hiring Brent (which was what King and co wanted). Gotta wonder how that might have turned out at the time...surely couldn't have gone any worse.