[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by ricardodw

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.

This entire post=drivel. Might be worse than your idiotic RGI fascination.