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Candidates in Calgary may include MacTavish

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08:28 AM ET 05.21 | To recycle or not to recycle, that is the question for Jay Feaster and the Flames. In what would make for an awkward photo op with Harvey the Hound, Craig MacTavish commands automatic respect with four Stanley Cup rings from his playing days and a trip to the final as head coach of Edmonton Oilers. Feaster values education, and MacTavish has earned his executive MBA from Queen???s University. Some Calgarians may never forgive MacTavish for ripping out Harvey the Hound???s tongue, but the Chicago Wolves head coach is bright, articulate and respected. ... The Flames can???t even talk to Mike Sullivan, who makes sense on all kinds of levels, until the playoffs end for the New York Rangers.

Calgary Herald

Craig MacTavish, Getty Images Craig MacTavish, Getty Images
May 21, 2012  09:10 AM ET

I'm sorry, who or what is Harvey The Hound, and why does he require such input?

May 21, 2012  09:24 AM ET
QUOTE(#1):

I'm sorry, who or what is Harvey The Hound, and why does he require such input?

He's the lame looking mascot of the Flames with a tongue that hangs down about 2 feet.

May 21, 2012  09:44 AM ET
QUOTE(#2):

He's the lame looking mascot of the Flames with a tongue that hangs down about 2 feet.

glad to know Gene Simmons could find work

May 21, 2012  09:59 AM ET

Education is great, but what does an executive MBA have to do with coaching an NHL team? And, why can't the Flames wait until the Devils oust the Rang.....uh.....I mean until after the playoffs are over? Is there a chance MacTavish will sign elsewhere?

May 21, 2012  10:07 AM ET
QUOTE(#4):

Education is great, but what does an executive MBA have to do with coaching an NHL team?

Exactly. Take the Sutter's, for example.

May 21, 2012  10:16 AM ET
QUOTE(#4):

Education is great, but what does an executive MBA have to do with coaching an NHL team? And, why can't the Flames wait until the Devils oust the Rang.....uh.....I mean until after the playoffs are over? Is there a chance MacTavish will sign elsewhere?

et tu' Mr. Phantom?

May 21, 2012  10:28 AM ET
QUOTE(#6):

et tu' Mr. Phantom?

I've been an equal opportunity tweaker today as an good Flyers fan would be considering the two teams in question.

May 21, 2012  10:35 AM ET

Time for some new coaching blood in Calgary,,,,,,,also no one with the last name Sutter

May 21, 2012  10:42 AM ET
QUOTE(#7):

I've been an equal opportunity tweaker today as an good Flyers fan would be considering the two teams in question.

understood and (somewhat) forgiven

May 21, 2012  11:03 AM ET
QUOTE(#8):

Time for some new coaching blood in Calgary,,,,,,,also no one with the last name Sutter

...or Murray!

May 21, 2012  12:10 PM ET
QUOTE(#4):

Education is great, but what does an executive MBA have to do with coaching an NHL team? And, why can't the Flames wait until the Devils oust the Rang.....uh.....I mean until after the playoffs are over? Is there a chance MacTavish will sign elsewhere?

It helped him "win" a Peabody award back in 1984. Also, "won" a year's paid vacation with it.

<Come on Spiny and Phantom I'm counting on you for this one.>

May 21, 2012  01:27 PM ET
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It helped him "win" a Peabody award back in 1984. Also, "won" a year's paid vacation with it.<Come on Spiny and Phantom I'm counting on you for this one.>

I'll defer to our de facto commish. :)

May 21, 2012  01:38 PM ET
QUOTE(#12):

I'll defer to our de facto commish. :)

And here I am trying to behave

May 21, 2012  01:46 PM ET
QUOTE(#11):

It helped him "win" a Peabody award back in 1984.

so are you suggesting a trip in the wayback machine?

May 21, 2012  01:50 PM ET

So Sutter's the fave for the Oil and MacTavish for the Flames anyone besides me see this as a little weird

May 21, 2012  01:54 PM ET
QUOTE(#15):

So Sutter's the fave for the Oil and MacTavish for the Flames anyone besides me see this as a little weird

Alberta's version of inbreeding.

May 21, 2012  02:06 PM ET
QUOTE(#16):

Alberta's version of inbreeding.

leave her out of this

May 21, 2012  02:18 PM ET
QUOTE(#17):

leave her out of this

It's always touchy when siblings marry.

May 21, 2012  02:27 PM ET
QUOTE(#18):

It's always touchy when siblings marry.

that's how it usually starts I guess

 
May 21, 2012  03:56 PM ET
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He's the lame looking mascot of the Flames with a tongue that hangs down about 2 feet.

I guess having an open flame as a mascot would be too dangerous?

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