I went with other because I think that best represents what I think and that is that it doesn't really matter who the GM is because this team is so hamstrung by the owners (and I know that might be me buying into a fake narrative but it is hard not to believe) and the moves of last summer.
The team is nowhere near good enough to compete. I can see that many blame Sutter for the problems of last season but although he didn't do a great job the reality this team just wasn't good enough. The roster is average at best and worst the parts that we do have do not seem to be good fits for each other. I am not sure there is a line that makes sense for Hubredeau and that is a problem. Even if you think individually we have good players outside of a 3rd line I don't see any combination that makes sense for the top two lines no matter who you put there.
The contracts make rebuilding/retooling/whatever you want to call it impossible. We can't move the Kadri, Hubredeau, Markstrom contracts but likely aren't bad enough to drop into the draft pick range to get the elite talent. The most tradable assets Toffoli, Lindhom, Backlund, Weegar, Anderson, Hanifin even if we wanted to move them aren't bringing back much more than decent players/picks and hope.
Unfortunately the time to change GM's was last summer when the new GM would have had an (almost) blank slate to take the team where he wanted. At this point I struggle to see how any GM can do anymore than keep the team in the 7-12 range and a first round loss for the next 5 seasons.
Sorry for the overly pessimistic first post but it is hard for me to be positive about the Flames future at this point. I think this is the lowest I have been and that includes being a big time fan during the Young Gun Era.
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