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Duha weighs in....

The thing about Sutter is he wins more games than he loses. And when his teams do lose, life can be pretty miserable. The object of hiring Sutter to coach the team was unmistakable – it was to light a fire under a group of reasonably talented hockey players that just eked back to .500 on Thursday night, during an impressive 7-3 win over the Ottawa Senators that also marked Ward’s final appearance behind the bench. Rarely does a fired hockey coach go out on a winning note – but these were desperate times in Calgary, a team that is currently fifth out of seven in the NHL’s North Division and has been spinning its wheels almost from the start of the season, inconsistent in virtually every area of its game.

So, the culture and the working conditions are about to change in a hurry and any of the holdovers from Sutter’s previous years with the Flames, which at the moment is limited to team captain Mark Giordano, can provide a short primer on how life is about to change going forward. There probably won’t be a lot of laughs. There’ll be a level of accountability that most probably haven’t seen before. Behind closed doors, Sutter generally doesn’t mince words. The good news there: Players will know exactly where they stand at any given moment.

https://theathletic.com/2429439/2021...ddling-flames/