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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
I don't think so. He still had to draft and oversee the AHL team. So even though there was not a hockey season it was a year to still manage the overall organization.
At one point people were very approving of what Daryl Sutter had done. Time has worn that away. Sutter's teams had a playoff record of 13-20 losing their last 5 series. His drafting was not very good and he did make some off trades. But I am not so convinced that Treliving has been so much better at this point. Really out of Bennett, Anderson, Dube, Kylington, Tkachuck, Mangiapane, and Valimaki how much of the Flames improved drafting is based on known results as opposed to what fans anticipate in the future? Adam Fox can factor into drafting too.
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Good point about the roster management in the off year, I was thinking more in terms of his on ice seasons body of work
Again, looking at the last playoff series that Sutter oversaw, just go back and see what injuries the Flames were up against
http://www.nhl.com/ice/m_news.htm?id=420547
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Defenceman Mark Giordano underwent season-ending shoulder surgery Feb. 23. Winger Rene Bourque suffered a high ankle sprain Feb. 19 that both sidelined him for the last 24 games of the regular season and limited his effectiveness in the playoffs.
Second-line centre Daymond Langkow missed 10 games with an injured left hand suffered Feb. 17. He took a slapshot off his right hand in the fourth game of the playoffs and couldn't shoot the puck.
Those injuries in February contributed to the erosion of what had been a 13-point cushion at the top of the division in January. That drop ultimately cost Calgary home-ice advantage for the playoffs.
The Flames' top three defencemen were either missing or injured in the post-season, which severely compromised their ability to hold back the speedy Blackhawks.
Robyn Regehr (knee) did not appear. Dion Phaneuf played his usual big minutes, but wasn't fully functional because he played with broken ribs and was scratched from the lineup Monday after a hard check in Game 6. Cory Sarich played on a fractured foot.
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That article didn’t mention that Warrener also didn’t play.
That team was deep and were very strong. Meddling ownership made Sutter turf Keenan. That was a shame, it was not on the GM
Tre has been fine, I like him all right. But he inherited a team from Feaster that was young, but had a few talented pieces, and made the playoffs. With 5 years of his management, the team has been one year in, one year out, and now is, this year, still a bubble team.
I think a lot of people are too emotionally attached to the team to actually look at it objectively.