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Agree. I think a lot of the "what-ifs" that could've happened during his tenure were results of the management getting involved. Like the trades that almost happened but didn't. (Stone, Eichel) The Stone one is the worst for me as I believe the rumored ask was Valimaki++ Most of us were pretty high on him at the time but it seems ownership was even more so as this obviously didn't happen. Fast forward to now and we lost him for nothing, still don't have Stone, and Valimaki started showing glimpses of that 2017 1st round pedigree with Arizona.

This is a fair assessment. Ownership mantra of being remarkably mediocre really hurt us at the time.

This is an interesting list. Id love to see some of the other teams. Tampa Bay with Jon Cooper and Colorado with Jared Bednar immediately jump to mind for me as guys who have been around for awhile recently

That I did not know. And kinda wish I still didn't 😅

Then we ended up with Shinkaruk anyway. We've actually had 8 players from the 2013 first round in our system at some point in the last 10 years. 3 have provided meaningful value for us; Monahan, Lindholm, Zadorov.

I have PTSD from the last time we held multiple first round picks.

I've thought about this a lot and I think Mitch Love is my preferred choice. I was really into the idea of Andrew Brunette but Nashville scooped him up.

They can't help but talk about the leafs. I watched a video about the Canadian teams seasons last year and they'd spend 2 minutes talking about a given team and the next 10 minutes comparing said team to the Leafs in various ways. It was pretty embarrassing.

The Avs have made some savvy moves but one that flies under the radar is the acquisition of Devon Toews. I think he's a huge piece that helped push them over the top. He has been brilliant for them

Probably not a bad idea.. 😆

Agreed. I wasn't trying to add fuel to the fire. Just pointing out respecting opinions is a two-way street.

It is allowed. Just like it is also allowed for everyone. If conundrumed feels your post is BS he is allowed to say so. It works both ways my guy.

Just out of curiosity. Was Sutter coach when Iggy was made captain?

I like Musty as well. Where is he projected? I feel like he will be gone by our pick.

Honestly I think making noise when you are in the playoffs is more important than making it every year. That shows true progression and desire to win IMO. The Iggy and Kipper teams made the show pretty consistently after 2004 but didn't have the pieces to ever get past the 1st round.

This may be the first time I've ever agreed wholeheartedly on a post you've made. Strange times are afoot.

Not to mention Backlund is about as consummate a professional as we have ever had.

Same reason he was on ours I imagine. Intangibles.

I'm excited to see Coronato a little more. I thought he was absolutely buzzing in game 82. Good experience for the kid as well.

I gotta admit. The smug replies are a little much for me sometimes. 🙄

I believe Weegar and Z are both better on their off side.

Yeah, probably Feaster as the worst then. Aside from those particular moves though Sutter had some head scratchers as far as draft picks and *ugh* that Phaneuf trade.

Hard no to Bowman for me. For many reasons, but first and foremost... Chicago didn't win a single round of playoffs after Kane and Toews signed their contracts.

The picture of Feaster gave me PTSD. In all seriousness I've only been watching hockey since the early 2000s so to me its a toss-up between Sutter and Feaster for worst GM in Flames history

Could have been worse. Could have traded down and grabbed Jankowski instead of having Vasilevskiy like my favorite gm of all time did 🙄