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Calgary4LIfe · 11-19-2025, 12:43 PM

Sometimes a coach and a player just don't connect. You say what you want out of Huska - and I don't know Sturm - but Huska is a coach that communicates well. You can see him articulate what he wants to see out of players when people ask him about 'so and so'. He had firsthand experience working with Sutter from that aspect.

So Beecher didn't work out in Buffalo, but sometimes it is more nuanced than the player being crappy. Maybe Sturm didn't communicate well enough? Maybe chemistry wasn't there? Maybe Beecher didn't accept his role then? Or simply a change of scenery is what he needs to light a fire under his butt and really motivate him.

This team can really use a big center that can skate in the bottom 6. Klapka, Bahl and Kuznetsov are all big, but it shrinks after that. Calgary is also a very slow team. Adding some size and speed to the lineup - especially with Pospisil injured - should help out the team, even in a 4th line role. I look forward to seeing Klapka working with a faster center personally.

But let's say that this doesn't work. Maybe Beecher doesn't fit-in, and looks terrible, and the Flames end up waiving him a month later? So what? What's the downside? Kerins isn't a 4th line center. Kirkland isn't a long-term solution. King is probably going to stay the entire year in the AHL developing the right way with maybe some time at the end of the season to see what the NHL is all about. That leaves Morton as the only realistic piece that Beecher's time on the Flames takes away from. It doesn't matter, does it?

It is a great shot in the dark, if nothing else, at adding some size and speed to the Flames. For all we know, he may end up being WAY BETTER than Morton and Kirkland if the Flames show a little patience. Maybe he is way worse. Last I checked, the Flames were last in the league. Probably a good time to throw darts at the wall and audition players both within their own organization, and use the waiver wire to audition interesting players outside the organization.

There is no downside here. I don't get the criticism.

11-19-2025, 12:43 PM	#173
Calgary4LIfe Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2010 Exp:	Sometimes a coach and a player just don't connect. You say what you want out of Huska - and I don't know Sturm - but Huska is a coach that communicates well. You can see him articulate what he wants to see out of players when people ask him about 'so and so'. He had firsthand experience working with Sutter from that aspect. So Beecher didn't work out in Buffalo, but sometimes it is more nuanced than the player being crappy. Maybe Sturm didn't communicate well enough? Maybe chemistry wasn't there? Maybe Beecher didn't accept his role then? Or simply a change of scenery is what he needs to light a fire under his butt and really motivate him. This team can really use a big center that can skate in the bottom 6. Klapka, Bahl and Kuznetsov are all big, but it shrinks after that. Calgary is also a very slow team. Adding some size and speed to the lineup - especially with Pospisil injured - should help out the team, even in a 4th line role. I look forward to seeing Klapka working with a faster center personally. But let's say that this doesn't work. Maybe Beecher doesn't fit-in, and looks terrible, and the Flames end up waiving him a month later? So what? What's the downside? Kerins isn't a 4th line center. Kirkland isn't a long-term solution. King is probably going to stay the entire year in the AHL developing the right way with maybe some time at the end of the season to see what the NHL is all about. That leaves Morton as the only realistic piece that Beecher's time on the Flames takes away from. It doesn't matter, does it? It is a great shot in the dark, if nothing else, at adding some size and speed to the Flames. For all we know, he may end up being WAY BETTER than Morton and Kirkland if the Flames show a little patience. Maybe he is way worse. Last I checked, the Flames were last in the league. Probably a good time to throw darts at the wall and audition players both within their own organization, and use the waiver wire to audition interesting players outside the organization. There is no downside here. I don't get the criticism.