The Calgary Flames are caught between a rock and a hard place, and it isn't easy to point the finger at who is indeed to blame for the situation.
The players couldn't get it done on the ice, Brent Sutter couldn't get it done behind the bench, and ultimately, Darryl Sutter didn't get it done upstairs—though it wasn't for a lack of effort on his part.
Frankly, Calgary's immediate future looks to be in more trouble than Tiger Woods with an open tab at a Las Vegas brothel.
With 17 players signed, consuming $49.1 million of cap space, that leaves $7.9 million for Darryl Sutter to spend on four forwards and a backup goaltender.
Not to mention they desperately need some offensive punch, as the team lost 16 games by the count of one goal.
Meanwhile, Craig Conroy, Eric Nystrom, Jamal Mayers, and Chris Higgins are all UFA's, though Nystrom and Higgins may be the only two worth signing, and considering their production shouldn't cost more than $1.5 million each.
It isn't out of the question that Sutter could work some magic and still turn this thing around for next season, he may just have to pull some sav ...
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