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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
How are they different people though?
Darryl the GM is the person who didn't think Anton Stralman was good enough to make this team, in a season where he would proceed to log 20:29 of average icetime for another team and the Flames desperately traded for... Ian White.
So is Darryl the coach a different person with regards to assessment of young players?
Or does he have... blind spots just like every other human being?
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This is spot on, I remember when Stralman was with us and he just had his kid born in Calgary and for the small amounts he was playing I saw flashes of brilliance. I had the same thoughts about OK in his initial seasons.
That always stung and I always thought Sutter made a huge mistake when Stralman became one of the foundations for those great Tampa Bay teams.
Darryl's only human and we, collectively have deeper memories and insights into both the achievements and mistakes he has made along the way, moreso than any other person coming in to coach.