[direwolf74]

Regarding that TSN article, what do you guys, especially direwolf, think of this passage?

"Dion is our best player, and it's not even close." - Flames coach Darryl Sutter on rookie D Dion Phaneuf

Is Sutter on meds? The last time I checked, the Flames still had a guy named Iginla on their team, and have a guy named Kiprosuff on their team. I'm sure this was taken out of context though. Maybe he means Phaneuf has been their best player the last month or so. Phaneuf has been very good but he's still a rookie and you can't honestly rate him ahead of Iginla as a player, even with Iginla's struggles this season.

Sutter's quote was indeed taken out of context. He was talking specifically about the Flames' lackluster play of late, and that Phaneuf has been their most consistent player over the last few weeks...and he's right on the money. As for Iginla and Kipper, they both had solid games against the Islanders the other night. Too bad the rest of the team took the night off (just like they did against the Rangers two days earlier). Sutter does this all the time. He's basically calling out certain players and telling them that they'd better get their asses in gear or they'll be watching the next game from the pressbox. I love it when he does that, because they almost always respond the very next game. I expect you'll see a completely different Flames team tomorrow night against the Wild than the one we saw in the last two games.