I suppose Sutter had worn out his welcome. I am somewhat disappointed as this organizations track records with coaches not named Darryl Sutter over the last 20ish years is not great. Of course there are definitely coaches in the NHL that are better than Darryl, however the Flames org. simply has been unable to find one. Promoting Love could be a good choice, but I hope they cast a wide net in their search. As we have seen AHL success is not necessarily an indication of NHL success. Plenty of NHL guys who had sparkling AHL records and just didn't translate into the NHL, Gulutzan, Eakins and Blashill are names that come to mind.
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