If, and it is an "if", if Sutter built a better team than BT it's only because he cared nothing at all for the future - it isn't totally incorrect to say that BT is still undoing damage Sutter did (by mortgaging the future and picking so poorly at so many drafts, don't forget the Kyle Greentree era Flames). Sutter at the poker table:
"All in."
"Darryl, we haven't dealt yet."
"ALL IN."
"Uh, okay."
I mean, that's not team building, that's just making ownership's stupid mandate of "every year playoffs or bust!".
I'm not thrilled with a few of BT's moves here, I'm not giving him a pass, but saying that Darryl was a great GM is just wrong imho. We got boring, talentless hockey for years, and picks traded for "legit guys" for so long that the mess Feaster walked into was utterly unmanageable.
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