It’s a frustrating time to be a Flames fan—and I say that as a life-long Calgarian. Last year, the team came into the season with high hopes, but was horribly mismanaged from the start and went nowhere.
Illogical trades, inconsistent coaching and increasingly incoherent ramblings from GM Darryl Sutter made a mockery of the potential, and kept the team out of the playoffs for the first time since the 2005 lockout.
Fans screamed for some big changes, starting at the top, but nothing happened. Sutter is still in charge, his brother is still the coach and the team is worse than they were last season—and they weren’t very good then.
Offseason Moves
This is the biggest head-scratcher in the whole league. Sutter traded away Olli Jokinen last season because he was horribly underachieving on the ice and creating distractions in the locker room. Yet, Jokinen was brought back as a free agent this offseason.
Alex Tanguay, another castaway because of a lack of production, was brought back as well. Center Jarome Iginla didn’t have a lot of chemistry with either pl ...
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