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Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
...So, Sigalet did his job OR there was no one better available to replace him with. Everyone else blew it and could be replaced with better options.
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It is a necessarily simplistic way of looking at it, but I think this is basically what happened, yes.
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This might not be the case this year, but what about last year? The Flames were in a playoff spot. Things "Cataclysmic and beyond anyone's control" happened. GG and his staff, with the exception of one guy, get the hook.
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The Flames held a playoff spot from sometime in mid October until around mid-February. As of 15 February the Flames were third in the Division, ninth in the Western conference, and 14th in the NHL. They ranked 20th in scoring, 20th in goals-allowed, and had a goal differential of zero. Upon such a slim margin there was nothing even remotely cataclysmic that was required for them to miss the playoffs.
As of today, the Flames are first in the Division, first in the Western Conference, and third in the NHL. They rank second in scoring, 17th in goals-allowed, and boast a goal differential of +29—the third best difference in the League. Unlike the precarious position the Flames found themselves in for most of the 2017–18 season this year's vintage enjoys a massive margin for error. I will repeat:
nothing even remotely cataclysmic occurred for the Flames to miss the playoffs last season. The team was not good enough at multiple positions; the coaching was not good enough; they missed the playoffs because the team was not good enough. This season the Flames are demonstrably one of the best teams in the League by nearly every metric. Yes, it
would in fact require after 42-games a cataclysmic undoing of massive proportions to result in them spiralling eight places to below the playoff line.
The two situations are not remotely comparable.
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But, you've convinced me. Sigalet is doing a good job with the crap he has to work with.
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That's weird, since I never claimed nor argued that Sigalet is actually doing a good job—only that management seem to think that he is. Again,
I don't know, because I have very little reliable information to indicate one way or the other.
Sigalet might be terrible at his job. He might be great at it. I can't really tell from this vantage point.