Its easy to see why Brett Sutter owns two Stanley Cup rings when he’s upset with a team on pace for 105 points.

  The coach made it abundantly clear after Thursday’s 7-1 thumping at the hands of  the Chicago Blackhawks that he wasn’t pleased. 

  Not just with the Blackhawk game but in an overall assessment of the Flames first quarter of the season.

  Thursday was merely the statement game, exposing the team’s shortcomings on an evening when Miikka Kiprusof has a rare off night.

  Correctable shortcomings the coach has been preaching to his troops from the outset.

  The current Flame team is talented enough to make the playoffs. If they remain on track for 105 points that would likely get them first place in the NW Div.

  But, Sutter feels his team is capable of more and isn’t about to accept ”that’s good enough” when more is on the line.  That’s why he’s sipped from the Stanley Cup twice as a player and why he has a Memorial Cup and a couple of World Jr. title as a coach. 

  His biggest challenge as Flame coach is to change the “that’s good enough” malaise that has plagued the team for a while.

  …And its possible to change. The coach wants it to start Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles.  

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