''He made derisive comments, both publicly and privately, seemingly to single out players and, in some cases, to embarrass them. In November, the franchise launched an internal investigation to probe an incident after Sutter allegedly made physical contact with a player on the bench during a game. Sutter's relationship with general manager Brad Treliving, who brought Sutter to Calgary in 2021, reportedly deteriorated to the point that it played a role in Treliving's decision to leave the organization after the season concluded.
Just one season earlier, Sutter had been the kind of leader Calgary needed, and he won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's coach of the year. But at the end of the 2022-23 campaign, players ripped Sutter's behaviour in exit interviews, stating they didn't see a way forward with him as coach; some reportedly threatened to ask for a trade if he remained. On May 1, when team president Don Maloney announced Sutter was out, he also acknowledged that Sutter, once tailor-made for the job, had become the poorest of fits.''
