Not sure why Hartley's coaching abilities are even questioned when the Flames miraculously went from a rebuild team to a bubble playoff team and back down to a rebuild team within the span of 3 years. The worse thing that happened to the Flames was that the team got everyone's hope so high that some are thinking of cleaning house already? WTF, it's not like the Flames are even close to having all the right pieces of their lineups all figured out. The main issue they're having from the start of the rebuild is that they don't have much to build on and their size really suck. Realistically, I'd say another 3 more years of building the talent pool and making sure they acquire some size - front and back. As for Hartley, he's as good a coach any team can get to do the rebuilding of this team.
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