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Originally Posted by Bandwagon In Flames
Didn't read the article if the quoted section is the most valuable piece of information.
Does it discuss the Hiller signing? Leaving holes in goaltending is the best way to tank a season and we sure addressed that area, even if Hiller doesn't return to 100%.
The flames signed a proven player who may be a reclamation project but is still young enough to be part of the future IF it does work out. Hence the low risk, high reward.
Hartley would not risk his reputation in the NHL by spending the season tanking with a crap player on the team in place of a hungry prospect.
If Hartley gets fired and Dallas Eakins takes his job, we'll know the Flames are in tank mode.
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Hiller signing makes absolutely no sense for a tanking team.
Hartley had no reputation in the NHL.
He was totally willing to accept any position in the NHL as he was basically done as a NHL coach.
He was coaching a club team .... not the national team in Switzerland.
He was out of teh NHL for 5 years. The 5 years before that he got the Thrashers to the playoffs 1 out of 5 years and they lost their 4 playoff games.
If the Flames would have let him go after his disastrous first year with the Flames (coaching a team with Iginla, Bouwmeester, Kipper, Hudler, Tanguay, Glencross, Gio and Sarich to a 24th place finish), he would not be hired by any NHL team.
Hartley may be a good AHL coach as he did a great job with the Flames AHL roster last season.... but to imagine that he has a NHL reputation to consider is absurd.
Hartley was brought in to be the tanking coach. No coach with an NHL reputation to protect would have taken the job.