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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Actually, he was very frank about different teams and where they stood. He said, point blank, that he would like to coach the Flames, prior to identifying the Flames as a point of discussion. But thanks for injecting your knowledge of the discussion into the the thread. The fact of this discussion was he was just coming available but the Flames had already invested in Peters. Timing is everything, and had the Flames made it known they were interested in him, it could have been different. But he never heard anything from the hockey team because they rushed to hire Bill Peters. Sometimes patience is a good thing, but when it comes to coaches Brad Treliving has always managed to prove himself to be an incompetent. Imagine where this team could have been with Trotz behind the bench.
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In other words, I was right, this was after Peters was hired. Tell me you knew Trotz wasn't going to be extended in Washington until after the Stanley Cup. In fact, his contract was able to be extended at his option because he won a cup:
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/tr...in/c-299109054. But the extension was too cheap. They negotiated for a while but never were close, so he bolted June 18 or so.
Well prior to that, in April, Peters had a seven day option to opt out of his Canes contract, and was given a very brief extension. But he had to decide so Calgary had to either make him an offer or not hire him at all. he resigned on the last day of his option to take the Flames job.
So there was never a window to hire Trotz because he wasn't even available until mid-June. There was no real hint he was available until the Cup Finals.