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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
A big failure of the franchise was letting Poile slip away. I am not sure there has been an NHL executive that has done as much as him with so many challenges.
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I don’t understand how that can be considered a failure.
David left the Flames in 1982 , after 5 years as AGM , to be the GM of Washington and is the longest tenured GM in NHL history.
Cliff Fletcher was in his prime and certainly was not ready to retire or leave in ‘82.