A lot of cheap insults thrown around there. Hindsight makes it easy to oversimplify and go overboard in the criticism. I've always had more respect for those that were more fair in their assessments.
I think in 08/09 Sutter made long term committments and locked up core players that made sense at the time. Team underachieved in 2010 but its not easy to get out of the long term deals at that point. It was always going to be about trying win during Kipper/Iggy years with an inevitable rebuilding period to follow.
Fair to say that by 2010 it was fading (earlier than expected) and Sutter chose to risk more future for secondary pieces in a desperate attempt to hold on. Instead of turning the page early he delayed the inevitable rebuild a couple years.
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