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Originally Posted by Macho0978
Sutter knows this. It doesn't matter how good a player is, come playoffs players need to adjust. If your star players are playing a soft, lazy, perimeter. East/West style of game they will not succeed.
In the playoffs, cross ice passes almost always get picked off, everyone becomes a shot blocker and even your star players will need to get to the net, deflect pucks, pick up rebounds and play a high-speed North/South game.
Sure, we could fire Sutter and get a coach that lets Huberdeau play his game and he gets his 100 points, and we make the playoffs. But we probably lose in the first round like we did when we had Johnny most years.
Johnny's best playoffs and season was under Sutter. Huberdeau needs to adjust more than anyone right now.
Sutter line combos could get him fired though.
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Your argument might hold weight if the Flames were going to make the playoffs, then possibility of which dims daily. I could go into all the arguments stated by many posters here, but realistically, Sutter has in no way elevated anyone’s game, which may be an acceptable outcome if the team is getting positive results, but this year’s team is not. A good coach gets the best results, team and players, from the players he has at his disposal. That’s simply not the case for anyone on this year’s team.