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Calgary Flames would welcome female coach to NHL ranks

Before you make an immediate judgment on the news of the Buffalo Bills hiring Kathryn Smith, the first full-time female coach in the National Football League, consider this perspective from Brad Treliving.

Who, maybe like you, is raising daughters?

Who, maybe like you, has grown up immersed in hockey?

“You always use that as your compass — OK. What would you do if it was your daughter?” said the Calgary Flames general manager about the idea of women entering the coaching realms of professional sports.

“I’d say, ‘Hell ya.’ If that’s what you want to do .