I Hate Blake Coleman
Bandwagon Burner
Backlund is the longest tenured Flame but I'm not sure he's the best option. Whose team is it going forward? Toffoli?
Pelts for Calder and Captain
The captain that we need, not the one we deserve.
And just so we know, who and where is that infamous LA Kings leadership group, now? What did that elite membership of free-thinkers accomplish after the infamous event?Sutter's narcissism, ego, and over all fear of of repeating the infamous events in LA (aka getting locked out by that leadership group) means there won't be a captain until he's fired.
If they do the right thing and send him back farm, then I'm gonna guess Andersson gets it. He's a genuine homegrown top pairing defenseman that's also signed for a while longer. And he's young enough to be part of retool/rebuild if that was the direction they wanted to go in.
They are currently in a playoff spot while Darryl Sutter and the Flames are notAnd just so we know, who and where is that infamous LA Kings leadership group, now? What did that elite membership of free-thinkers accomplish after the infamous event?
You think the players are incapable of banding together against sutter if they don't have a captain?Sutter's narcissism, ego, and over all fear of of repeating the infamous events in LA (aka getting locked out by that leadership group) means there won't be a captain until he's fired.
If they do the right thing and send him back farm, then I'm gonna guess Andersson gets it. He's a genuine homegrown top pairing defenseman that's also signed for a while longer. And he's young enough to be part of retool/rebuild if that was the direction they wanted to go in.
It makes it harder noYou think the players are incapable of banding together against sutter if they don't have a captain?
No one to rally behind. Easier for someone like Dutter to divide and conquer.How so?
Who's they? Kopitar, Doughty and Kempe?They are currently in a playoff spot while Darryl Sutter and the Flames are not
And in that entire time frame, they have all of one less playoff series win than the vaunted and apparently uncriticizable Darryl Sutter & the Flames
I think there is a void. I like Backlund but I don't know if he has the... je ne sais quoi for the role.Haven't had a captain since 20/21 season. It's like the thought is that no one is good enough to wear the "C" or something. Backlund has been wearing the "A" for the past 5 seasons, everyone prior to this season that has either worn the "C" or "A" is gone.
Perhaps their is a leadership void on this team.
But haven't you heard? Sutter is a cancerous dinosaur and is the worst thing to ever happen to this franchise, and it's completely his fault for how this season has gone. Once we fire him and promote Mitch Love we're guaranteed cup champs!!!Who's they? Kopitar, Doughty and Kempe?
I know Kempe, as a 20 year old during Sutter's last year in LAK, has said a few things, but Kopitar and Doughty prefer the current Oil retread coach they have now? or the Vancouver one they had prior instead of winning cups? LAK haven't won a thing since Sutter left, last year they managed to go out in round 1 after leading the series. Out of the 8 teams in the playoffs in the west this year, my dream, until extinguished, was meeting them in Round 1.
Sutter isn't without fault, but bringing up a team he lead to 2 cups, then surprisingly misses the playoffs with in 14-15, having 95 points, returning to the playoffs in 15-16 and losing to the SJ Sharks, who went to the finals, is a damn good run and something they won't mimic with their current group.