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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
I don't care how Sutter conducts himself on the bench during the game. He can yell or be silent all he wants if his teams win.
My problem, this year, is that his team is playing thoroughly uncreative hockey and he's leaning far too heavily on his veteran players who don't contribute.
I think Darryl Sutter would be under a lot more heat right now if his name was anything other than "Darryl Sutter" — on paper, this roster is way better than it's performing. I think there's a lot of questions to ask of the guy who makes the lineup and deployment decisions.
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I don’t think it is. Look at this roster - it’s devoid of stars. This is maybe the “most” Calgary Flames roster we’ve had in some time. A Sutter as the coach, a “star” winger (meant as a slight to Huby, not Iggy), the need for the goalie to be perfect, and then a whole bunch of expensive depth. This is the very same sort of roster construction that we saw in the post-2004 Iginla era. It’s not a formula that works, yet we’re right back at it.
I’m in agreement that if Sutter wasn’t Sutter, then there’d be different treatment - but this season is set up to be entirely on Treliving’s shoulders. He’s the one without an extension. He’s the one who is going to get axed/not renewed if things don’t course correct.
