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SuperMatt18 · 07-25-2014, 11:06 AM

The second Bouwmeester was signed the Flames needed to trade at least one of Sarich or Regehr to open up cap space for a forward.

They failed to do that and we had way too much money tied to defense. Led to a lack of forward depth, which eventually led to Phaneuf being traded for peanuts.

At the same time though B.Sutter has to take some of the blame. Stajan, Bouwmeester, Hagman, Bourque, Regehr, all had their career worse seasons or regressed under Sutter, Iginla and Tanguay never bought in to his system, and Backlund stagnated due to a lack of offensive confidence.

The only people that thrived under B.Sutter were Glencross, and round 2 of Olli Jokinen.

07-25-2014, 11:06 AM	#100
SuperMatt18 Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	The second Bouwmeester was signed the Flames needed to trade at least one of Sarich or Regehr to open up cap space for a forward. They failed to do that and we had way too much money tied to defense. Led to a lack of forward depth, which eventually led to Phaneuf being traded for peanuts. At the same time though B.Sutter has to take some of the blame. Stajan, Bouwmeester, Hagman, Bourque, Regehr, all had their career worse seasons or regressed under Sutter, Iginla and Tanguay never bought in to his system, and Backlund stagnated due to a lack of offensive confidence. The only people that thrived under B.Sutter were Glencross, and round 2 of Olli Jokinen. Last edited by SuperMatt18; 07-25-2014 at 11:17 AM.