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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Yeah it's not going to happen overnight and unfortunately for the Flames the season just isn't long enough for Sutter to put his stamp on this team. While it's great to have him coaching the team I would argue that they would have been better off delaying the move until the offseason. Ward had the team heading to a top 5 pick and Sutter is going to get them to play good enough not to draft in the top 10 which isn't as ideal when you plan on making sweeping changes to the roster. A top 5 pick would have been a great start to the retool.
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Good point. However the hiring of Sutter, when it happened, will help with team diagnostics leading into the trade deadline and, later, the entry draft. We’ll have a better idea of who should stay and who should go.