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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Agreed. What Sutter deserves all the credit in the world for is targeting SJ. No matter which goalie he ended up getting it is almost certain he would have been the Flames starter when the season ended. Walking away with the best one was lucky, but he was winning that trade by a mile regardless.
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No what Sutter deserves credit for is the system he had the team playing in front of Kiprusoff. In his first few games he mostly had to make routine saves to win, gained some confidence and took off. Prior to that he had Jamie McLennan winning games and shutting teams out, but he wasn't able to play every game. I remember being livid at ownership because the team was finally showing promise but Dany Sabourin clearly was not a NHL goal tender. It was the Turek insurance money IIRC that allowed the team to be able to afford Kiprusoff.
I'm not at all surprised to see this poll as close as it is. To me the top 3 are pretty clear with Crisp being behind the top two.
After that, the poll is probably more fun if it's pick the worst coach out of this bunch.