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Originally Posted by Ashasx
Seravalli seemed pretty confident on 960 this morning that even though the Flames wanted Treliving back, they would not grant him the autonomy to fire Sutter.
Because of that, he said that ownership chose Sutter over Treliving.
I'm not sure what kind of rookie GM would want to step into this scenario, but given all of this, I don't see how the GM could be anybody except Conroy.
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Honestly I probably trust NilssonistheReal14 info on this more than any of the insiders.
I still think he could have fired Sutter, but he wasn't given Full Autonomy and would only get a 2 year extension and I don't blame him for walking in that case.
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Originally Posted by Toonage
Not with Darryl here. 960 had a bit the other day talking about the unusual hype surrounding Phillips' call up last winter. How it seemed like the GM was trying to motivate (or pressure) Darryl into playing him as it was unusual for someone to be called up to such fan fare like that. We all know how that ended.
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That must have drove management and even the marketing team crazy.
You have this prospect that is a local kid, played his minor hockey in Calgary, one of the main stars on the new team in the city you're trying to promote in the Wranglers, who is averaging 1.5 PPG in the AHL, and fans are just screaming for him to get a real look in offensive minutes with the Flames.
And he sits in the press box, gets into 2 games, plays 16 minutes and now probably will leave the organization in the offseason. Probably pissed Brad Pascal off more than anyone because right about that moment he probably went "Well won't have Phillips on the Wranglers next year now".