2023-08-28 12:46:41
Fired in early May, former Calgary Flames head coach Darryl Sutter has come under heavy criticism for his acrimonious dealings with his squad, and one of his ex-troopers has delivered some illustrative details. the magnitude of the problem.
Tyler Toffoli has always been able to deal effectively with the experienced driver he also played with the Los Angeles Kings earlier in his career. However, the last campaign was a disappointment for the whole club, excluded from the playoffs. And Sutter, not very popular with Jonathan Huberdeau and Jakob Pelletier in particular, suffered.
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However, his mood swings and his comments irritated the members of his training. For example, he often threatened hockey players to make them work harder in the event of an unsatisfactory performance.
“In Calgary, we don’t have a practice rink nearby, so you have to go to Winsport, where Hockey Canada is. The place is located 20-30 minutes outside the city…except if we had a bad game or a bad first half, […] during the game, he was pacing around saying we were going to have to go to Winsport the next day,” Toffoli said during the recent “Spittin’ Chiclets” podcast.
Also, Sutter was rather demanding, confirmed the former Montreal Canadiens.
«[Une fois], it was 0-0 in the first half. We had 15 shots and the other club had three. And behind the bench, he was just saying to the guys: I guess we have to go to Winsport tomorrow.
Inconsistency
In short, the message transmitted by Sutter to his flock was often hard to accept and sometimes the players wondered about the merits of his recriminations.
“It was 0-0 and he could ask [Dan Vladar, gardien substitut] to prepare to play, because he thought that Marky [Jakob Markstrom, le gardien régulier] was not ready to play. But there was a reason why it was 0-0: he had made 10 saves and we hadn’t touched the puck the entire period,” explained the forward.
The results were inconclusive in southern Alberta despite the rather harsh methods of the head instructor. The Flames finished ninth in the National League Western Conference and Sutter was replaced by Ryan Huska. At the individual level, Huberdeau collected 55 points, about sixty less than in the previous season. Pelletier drew attention despite himself when his coach was unable to identify his jersey number during a press briefing.
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