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Originally Posted by kyuss275
What a mess.
Gm is weighing his options on leaving. While I think it’s time for him and flames to part , it’s not a good look on the organization. Only 32 gm jobs in league and he might not consider Calgary worth it? Has to be somewhat eye opening for other reputable gm candidates.
Our 2 best centers want out. It would have been hard to replace one , but 2 is near impossible. If it starts a rebuild then that’s fine. I have my doubts ownership changes their mandate.
Hubby admits he was piss poor. The concerning part is him telling the press that he might have to change his style of play. Flames sign an elite winger to a big contract and that player has to change his game because of the coach? Seems odd to me that flames now have a $10.5 million experiment because of Sutter.
The one I want to leave the most is Sutter. Think his systems are out dated and boring. That said he probably has the most chance at staying because of his contract kicking in.
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How is this only on Sutter though? How about the player himself? All I use to read here for years was Gaudreau and Tkachuk couldn’t deliver the goods in the playoffs. So why does Jonathan get a pass? His story isn’t all that different from Tkachuk and Gaudreau. The skilled type who needs to learn how to play in the playoffs.
It’s not like Darryl has some kind of special unicorn system of hockey that no one has ever seen before. He basically deploys playoff style hockey all season long. Sure, it’s demanding and offense-first players tend to see a drop in their scoring, but at least you know they’ll be prepared for the grinding playoff style when the game changes.
Bill Zito probably saw this and realized that he needed to make big changes. So he decided to turf the coach and trade his franchise player coming off a record setting regular season.