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Calgary Flames coach Brent Sutter had some interesting things to say during an interview that aired on MSG Plus during the first intermission of the Rangers-Flames game tonight in Calgary.
Sutter spoke about his time with the Devils and the decision to leave New Jersey when he still had one season remaining on his contract. He took the Flames job just two weeks after resigning from the Devils on June 9.
“I enjoyed the two years I was in New Jersey as far as the hockey side of it, but on other issues it wasn’t easy and it got to the point where I decided to make a decision and the decision I made was the right one and I’ve moved on and the New Jersey Devils have moved on,’ Sutter said on MSG. “Yet, I still keep in touch with Lou [Lamoriello] and talk to people there.
“But I had to do what was right for me at that time and what was right for me just not for me personally, but for family and for other reasons back here. It just got to be where it was a difficult situation. If you’re going to coach—and it’s a tough racket to be in, coaching—you’ve got to be really enjoying what you’re doing. It just isn’t what’s at the rink. It’s when you get away from the game, too. When I got away from the game there, there was nothing there.
“I really learned a lot from Lou about the way things are done and I repsect that and appreciate that. Yet, at certain points in your life you have to do what’s right for the right reasons. And that was reason why I made my decision. But it wasn’t just a spur of the moment decision. It was something that was well thought out. It was something that I had to make sure it was the right one.”
Sutter spoke about his time with the Devils and the decision to leave New Jersey when he still had one season remaining on his contract. He took the Flames job just two weeks after resigning from the Devils on June 9.
“I enjoyed the two years I was in New Jersey as far as the hockey side of it, but on other issues it wasn’t easy and it got to the point where I decided to make a decision and the decision I made was the right one and I’ve moved on and the New Jersey Devils have moved on,’ Sutter said on MSG. “Yet, I still keep in touch with Lou [Lamoriello] and talk to people there.
“But I had to do what was right for me at that time and what was right for me just not for me personally, but for family and for other reasons back here. It just got to be where it was a difficult situation. If you’re going to coach—and it’s a tough racket to be in, coaching—you’ve got to be really enjoying what you’re doing. It just isn’t what’s at the rink. It’s when you get away from the game, too. When I got away from the game there, there was nothing there.
“I really learned a lot from Lou about the way things are done and I repsect that and appreciate that. Yet, at certain points in your life you have to do what’s right for the right reasons. And that was reason why I made my decision. But it wasn’t just a spur of the moment decision. It was something that was well thought out. It was something that I had to make sure it was the right one.”
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