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Originally Posted by Textcritic

I caught bits of the presser and the 960 interview between my time spent crushing the dreams of a poor second-year biology major who wrote a very marginal term paper.

But I have to say this: Bill Peters makes a tremendous first impression. Wow.

I was frequently critical of numerous posters over the past two years who called out Gulutzan for his demeanour, and for how little confidence it inspired from the bench. For a long time now I have felt that such things should not matter, and have been sceptical about how big of a difference a strong persona can make. But this introduction to Bill Peters makes me feel like I have never been more wrong.

I was never a big fan of the Hartley hiring, but I will say this for him: his introductory press conference was amazing—perhaps the best I had ever heard. That is, until today. Bill Peters knocked this out of the park. He sounds confident, intelligent, and determined. He leaves me with little doubt that he knows what he wants and how to get it from his players. He talks about the importance of speed, pace, tenacity, hard work and good decision making as key ingredients to successful hockey, which I think were big issues with this Flames team from last year.

I think Treliving got this right. Welcome to Calgary, Bill Peters.

As I've said earlier, this team needs a General and Bill Peters seems like he might be up to the task.