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Originally Posted by bubbsy
Darryl sutter started from worse and got the flames to the cup finals, and 5 straight years of playoffs.
Both were flawed, but let's cool the breaks on appointing treliving anything above mediocre.
He will just be another gm that came and will go, without rendering any noteworthy legacy of the franchise.
Canadian team GMs absolutely have a major issue with the lack of patience. Probably the reason they haven't won a cup in decades, and why no te even looks close to contending for one.
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Sutter was a good GM for one move only - getting Kipper. Kipper was the #1 reason why the Flames made their run, and won the division a season later. He played as well as a goalie can for those 2 years.
Sutter was an elite coach and not a good GM.
He was a terrible drafter, and made similar moves that people criticize Tree for - trading away picks for roster players. (2nd for Bourque, 3rd for Staios, etc)
He did poorly on a lot of his deals. Some get a lot of attention but others are forgotten more. But among his bad deals you have the Phaneuf trade, Jokinen to NYR, Primeau+2nd for Colin Stuart and Anton Stralman (who he then traded for a pick). Some people hate the Okotoker for Stuart deal too, but at least I get why that one was made. He had some good ones too (getting Cammy, trading for Conroy twice) but overall he was more bad than good with trades.
Darryl Sutter was not a good GM.