Pretty much everything in the last few pages is extremely premature.
And yes, the Flames would be a very tough out for the Oilers. And they would have more than a small chance. Sutter is about two tiers above Tippett on the hierarchy of coaches, and as he has demonstrated a few times over the years, that counts for something.
This team is his project, it was raw when he inherited it, and he's getting a full season now to work out the kinks and grit and making this roster the machine he envisions it being.
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