What will new assistants Kirk Muller and Cail MacLean bring to the Calgary Flames?
Just over a week ago, Kirk Muller, the former Montreal Canadiens associate coach, got an interesting phone call while he was home in Kingston, Ont. It was Darryl Sutter, once an on-ice opponent, now the coach of the Calgary Flames (again), and he had a proposition. Sutter, he said, was looking to make changes to his coaching staff and wanted to know if Muller would be interested in coming to Calgary and joining the staff. Obviously we had spoke a bit before that but it was really, really natural, Muller told The Athletic. Im used to working with veteran coaches (Ken Hitchcock, and Claude Julien for example) and I know how he views the game. Play hard, play the right way, and be honest with the players. So, it was a real simple conversation that I think clicked between him and I on how we view the game.