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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Sutter seems to give Valimaki a lot of rope IMO. Dube not so much.
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Could be true, but is that out of necessity though? Because the Flames don’t exactly have a ton of other left shot defensive options right now. I feel like I’ve heard Darryl voice his displeasure towards Valimaki more so than Dube. Even in the last game for example with the Flames’ season clearly done, Valimaki bobbles the puck at the blueline and Wheeler scores, they switch to a shot of Sutter and he’s just completely irate shouting inaudibles. Then at the end of the game, the reporter asks why they lost, his answer was turnovers. Wouldn’t hear of anything else; lack of emotion Francis asks? Sutter replies with nope, just turnovers. Sutter has definitely been blunt this season and he has not shown much willingness to cover up and protect the young kids.