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Originally Posted by Cowtownred
It's scary to think, Ward was chosen over Laviolette for Flames coach? You have to ask the question with the timing of both hires.
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If there's any connection between the two announcements (which there likely isn't), it would most-likely be that Treliving reached out to Laviolette and was told that Laviolette's first choice was the Caps, but if Washington decided to go in a different direction, he'd be willing to listen to an offer from the Flames. Then, over the weekend, Laviolette let Treliving know he was not going to be available so Treliving finalized things with Ward.
However, the most-likely scenario is that the two announcements are unrelated and only happened on consecutive days because time is running out before the draft and free agency and teams want to get their coaching staffs finalized.