Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving is a pretty smart guy, so he understood the essential contradiction in his actions Tuesday.



On the same day Treliving announced the decision to terminate coach Glen Gulutzan two years into a three-year contract, he also stressed how critical “continuity” was to any winning organization. Continuity is paradoxically something the Flames haven’t lacked behind the bench for most of the 21st century. Since Brian Sutter was fired at the end of the 2000 season, Don Hay, Greg Gilbert, Al MacNeil, Darryl Sutter, Jim Playfair, Mike Keenan, Brent Sutter, Bob Hartley and Gulutzan have all taken turns behind the Flames’ bench, some with more success than others.



That can’t continue. Treliving knows he has to get his next hire right. Treliving wasn’t committing to a timetable for his hire and that makes sense since two of the most logical candidates for the opening – the Carolina...