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Originally Posted by 868904
Everything he says or does has a purpose. He knows McDavid is in the Flames players' heads.
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Though I think one of the Sutter brothers have been a scout up there still, it is very very telling that a highly respected, straight shooting, honest, old school hockey family has never played for, or coached, the Oilers.
The 6 brothers, together, have played for, or coached, on over half the organizations in the NHL, but never the Oilers.
Sure, there are other organizations that one of them haven’t played and coached for, but those organizations also aren’t 90 minute drives from their family home. Brent, Darryl and Brian all mentioned about how great it was to be near home when coaching the Flames; Edmonton would be 2h closer still then Calgary.
Such an honest hard working group, who have worked for and earned thier Stanley cup and overall success the right way, with the strong values they possess, could not reconcile working for and playing for a second class sleazy organization run by ego and hubris, on and off the ice; Pocklington and Sather through the 80s and early 90s, continued on by Lowe since the mid 90s.
So I truly think it’s not just a coincidence that Darryl doesn’t mention the Oilers, he truly does not like the organization and those involved in it, and I think the other brothers have had the same thoughts over the years.