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Originally Posted by browna
No Sutter except Duane has ever worked or (I think) played for the Oilers. Not counting Brandon who had a couple exhibition games this year.
Brent and Darryl were both technically available many times when the Oilers were looking for coaches the last 20 years, and far more suitable than any Oilers choices.
That family have their standards, even if they grew up just over an hour away from Edmonton.
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I was thinking about this the other day. Duane and Brent played for the Islanders dynasty teams in the 80’s, which probably led to a hatred of the Oilers (see also: Canada Cup ‘84). Wonder if that bled into the family at all. Strange that Duane worked for them, out of all the brothers.
Darryl was also going up against them in the conference finals with Chicago in the early-to-mid 80’s.