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Old 03-22-2023, 12:06 PM   #867
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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz View Post
Rob Kerr on the After Burner said that Murray Edwards hired Darryl Sutter, not Treliving.
Kerr said he knows this for a fact.
They were about to acquire Zucker, but they needed Edwards' permission, and Edwards wasn't available. Boomer said that this has happened many times.

I had heard rumors of these things, but I didn't know they were conclusive.
Ben Bishop was the other case where supposedly they had a trade made but needed Edwards sign off, and he couldn't be reached. Think that was 16-17 and then Bishop was traded to LAK instead.

The Darryl Sutter hiring always seemed to be obviously a Edwards hire. Don't think Treliving necessarily opposed it, but I do think that Sutter was the only coach Edwards would probably open up the chequebook for.
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