This is Sutter's second stint with the Flames after originally being named as the teams head coach on December 28, 2002 and coaching through July 12, 2006. He was also the team's General Manager from April 11, 2003 through December 28, 2010. In his first full season with Calgary, Darryl guided the Calgary Flames to game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals in 2004 after defeating Vancouver, Detroit and San Jose. He had a winning record all three seasons behind the Flames bench with a 107-73-15-15 record.

Sutter played eight NHL seasons all with the Chicago Blackhawks from 1979-1987, scoring 161 goals and 118 assists for 279 points and 288 penalty minutes in 406 regular season games, in addition to his 43 points in 51 playoff games. Darryl and his wife Wanda have three children, Brett, Jessie and Christopher and currently reside in Viking, Alberta.