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Originally Posted by TOfan
Couple things:
How do you know Sutter wanted to come back after Peters was removed from the bench? Suggesting he was waiting and ready to step behind the bench once the Flames picked up the phone is bit of a reach.
I agree that entering a rebuild with the intent of winning the lottery is a dubious proposition. Look at the Red Wings. They’ve been at the bottom of the league for, what, 5 years now and they haven’t had the good fortune of picking in the top 3 once. Should go without saying, but tanking does not equal Bedford and/or Wright.
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Wasn’t meaning that he was available but I can see where how I worded it that way and didn’t establish what I meant that it could be construed that way. What I was meaning is we brought in a guy of Sutter’s pedigree too late, we should have brought in a coach like him with the roster where it was when we brought in Peters and really when we brought in Gulutzan. I thought firing Hartley was a tad knee jerk from Treliving and when he went on to replace him with ‘smartest guy in the room’ type picks before finally settling on Sutter it just screams if missed opportunities. If all we have to show from this core group which is already dismantled on the back end (Brodie,Gio exits in succession with no returned assets) and about to dismantle up front (Gaudreau/Tkachuk) is a couple of brutal first round exits and one series win against a weak nucks team at the time then to me it just speaks to how Treliving has talked a good game but hasn’t walked it and I’m hoping he’s walked out if this season is yet another stumble.
At any rate the ‘if you can squeak in anything can happen’ mentality he was spouting after his off-season work leaves a lot to be desired as a fan and is a tad ridiculous with the likes of Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Mangiapane and Lindholm upfront.