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Originally Posted by Number 39
I agree, and I would also add that Sutter took over a team that didn't even have its own farm team and if I recall had one of the smallest scouting staffs in the NHL at the time. I recall reading that he really pushed to get a farm team for player development. Again, memory is fuzzy but I think we were sharing w Carolina.
He seemed to do well as a GM when he was acquiring players he was personally familiar with from his previous coaching gigs. Less so when he didn't previous coach them.
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If you look at all of his moves, it's a baffling revolving door. Sutter moving out guys for no reason, and then often re-acquiring them, while losing resources in the moves:
http://www.nhltradetracker.com/user/...l_Sutter/165/1
He lets guys like Tanguay, Conroy, Jokinen, etc..Only to realize they are exactly what the Flames needed and re-acquire them.
You've got a team with a great defence/goalie and Conroy/Iginla up front. Surely it couldn't have been that difficult to acquire a second line and just not trade that line immediately away. Conroy didn't even want that much money when he left Calgary. He signed for 4 years and $3million/year and just wanted some long term certainty.
I know the lockout was a factor, but I still cannot for the life of me comprehend why you would go to game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals and then decide to make so many personnel changes the next season.