If Sutter was willing to go through a rebuild, he would have signed a 5/6/7 year deal.
He came here to win in the next 2 years. Rightly, wrongly or otherwise.
You can rationalize it all you like, but there is no rebuild coming at this time. If there was, not only would Sutter have signed a longer deal, BT would have been removed as well.
DS is here with the understanding of who the GM was and likely is going forward.
He is 62 years old and already was retired. He did not need the Flames...the Flames needed him. He was paid a buttload of money and given assurances...that much we can reasonably infer.
You think rebuilding was part of what he signed on for? The man has missed the playoffs 3 times in his entire coaching career and you think he would agree to come into a situation that saw him miss at least 3 consecutive years after blowing up the club?
Yeah....no.
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