Calgary Flames: How To Rebuild Without Wasting Five Years

December 13th, 2010 by Erik Paul Leave a reply »
Fire Darryl Sutter


Everyone in Calgary, and around the league, knows there are serious problems with the Flames. Everyone that is, except Ken King and Darryl Sutter, who continue to insist that the team is just underachieving and will pick it up any day now.

I understand that you have to support your team, but it’s getting a little ridiculous. I mean, just a few weeks ago, Darryl Sutter insisted in a radio interview that the Flames don’t have an offensive problem. Now, they’re 15th in the West, and every team between the Flames and a playoff spot has one to three games in hand.

Clearly, Sutter just doesn’t get it anymore and won’t admit that the team he’s spent the past six years building isn’t going to get it done. He's spent the last year making desperation moves to try to save his job, and it's hard to believe he wasn't fired after bringing Olli Jokinen back as a free agent last summer. Now, the best this team is going to be is mediocre, and even that is starting to look like a pipe dream at this point.

So, the first move to rebuild the Flames is to relieve Darryl Sutter of his duties as G ...

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