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Originally Posted by tvp2003
If you want this team to tank then you have to get rid of Sutter. It's not in his DNA to "tank".
I'd also keep Markstrom but only play him 40-50 games to maximize what you can get from him and Vladar at next year's draft.
The crazy thing is that the Flames only have three players signed past 2023/24:
Coleman
Andersson
Markstrom
You can add Mangiapane if he signs an extension, but that is the potential for a huge roster turnover in a short period of time.
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I'm sure that - if so inclined - the org can have a frank conversation with Sutter about the direction of the team and intention on building for the future. I doubt he would be interested in trying to squeeze blood from a cap minimum roster.
I sure hope that the organization isn't weighing the future of the franchise against what a coach with 1 year left on his contract wants - though of course this is the Flames we're talking about.