Music: {allcanada} BRENT SUTTER NARROWLY MISSES BEEF RECALL

Monday, October 15, 2012

{allcanada} BRENT SUTTER NARROWLY MISSES BEEF RECALL

The Calgary Sun reports former Flames coach Brent Sutter managed to avoid being a casualty in the beef recall.

"I sold all my calves four days before they shut the plant down in Brooks," said Sutter, who runs a calving operation at his family homestead that has 450 head of cattle.

"That night (the beef scare hit), calves dropped 10 cents per pound. I was lucky."

Sutter has returned to his general managing duties with the Red Deer Rebels, which he owns -- a team off to a slow start despite featuring hotshot Calgary blueliner Mathew Dumba, seventh overall pick of the Minnesota Wild, this summer.

Fellow ranch-hand Curtis Glencross also managed to sell the bulk of his 220 head of cattle in Penhold before the real trouble hit. It appears that's where his luck ran out, though, as he stands to lose $2.5 million if the lockout lasts an entire season, as predicted in this space.