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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Lack of autonomy
Lack of willingness to rebuild
Living in Calgary as opposed to other places
Money
Franchise reputation
Could be any and all of the above. The Flames are not a destination for top player or management talent
I think BT is held in high regard around the league and him choosing to leave probably is a red flag for many
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Not to mention the state of the team with anchor contracts, guys potentially wanting out, lack of high end prospects, and players declining in production.
People always talk about there only being 32 jobs, but that is also a good reason for top up and coming, but unproven candidates, to bide their time until a good situation arises. If you jump into a messy situation and fail badly, you could be one-and-done in 3 years and never get another opportunity. Someone like Tulsky for example, knows that he is going to get a shot and likely have interest from multiple teams, not just this year, but in the future. He has a good situation in Carolina as well, so I don't think he is desperate to take any open GM job just because there are only 32.
The guys that worry about that kind of thing are Nonis, Bergevin, and Bowman, who might not ever get another chance.