After a rocky start to the 2022-23 season, Calgary Flames players were rumored to be growing frustrated with their head coach Darryl Sutter. Multiple insiders including both Elliotte Friedman and Frank Seravalli have alluded to it on numerous occasions, while former players have commented on how easily the reigning Jack Adams Award winner can be eclipsed by his constant negativity.
While the dressing room as a whole has been rumored to be mad at Sutter, Jonathan Huberdeau is the only player who grew up particularly frustrating. This all started early in the season when Sutter seemed to suspect the reasons his star player wasn’t on the bench were due to a bathroom break, when in reality he was being treated for a nagging injury. This reportedly didn’t sit well with Huberdeau, who is said to have felt disrespected by the situation.
At the time, many Flames fans disagreed with the reports, suggesting the story was made up, or at least exaggerated. As the saying goes, where there’s smoke there’s fire, and after a tweet from Huberdeau’s agent after Thursday night’s loss to the Detroit Red Wings, it’s hard to believe there’s any dissatisfaction between Flames players and their bench boss.
Allan Walsh calls out Sutter
While the Flames have suffered many disappointing losses this season, one of the ugliest came on Thursday night against the Red Wings. Even though they are fighting for a place in the playoffs, you couldn’t have guessed it from the lack of effort of the evening as they ended up losing 2-5 in the finals. While the loss itself made some headlines, it wasn’t the biggest story by far. What was most discussed instead came from a Tweet from Huberdeau’s agentAllan Walsh, one in which he made his thoughts on Sutter clear.
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result,” Walsh wrote. “Also, negativity sucks the joy out of the players.”
Source: www.yardbarker.com
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