In a discussion about toxic contracts, what about the one Darryl Sutter has in Calgary, the head coach for two more years at a believed $4.8 million per?

We get that ownership would not jump at the chance to eat that amount of money in order to send him packing even after presiding over the league’s biggest disaster area, but wouldn’t an extra playoff gate or two take care of the problem?

And it is a problem after the coach failed to connect with winger Jonathan Huberdeau — whom then-GM Brad Treliving signed to an eight-year, $84 million contract extension (with a full no-move for six seasons) that kicks in this year after acquiring the winger from Florida as part of the enforced Matt Tkachuk trade.

It is a problem wasting the first year of Nazem Kadri after signing the free agent center to a seven-year, $49 million contract that has three more seasons under a full no-move clause.

It is a problem when a coach refuses to evolve in a league that does not resemble the one in 2012 or 2014, when Sutter guided the big, lock-down Kings to Stanley Cup championships.

Treliving stepped down after the Flames, among the preseason Cup favorites, finished with the league’s 16th-best record overall and failed to make the playoffs.

Don Maloney, No. 12 in your hearts and still among the best grinding wingers in Rangers history, has been anointed as the Flames president of hockey operations after five years as the operation’s executive VP. In leading the search for Treliving’s successor, Maloney has said that he is seeking someone who is “progressive and innovative.”

Shouldn’t the incoming GM have a coach with those qualities? Does that sound like Sutter, whom the winning candidate will inherit?

Again. Nine-point-six million dollars is a lot of Venmo to spend on a goodbye gift, but the ownership of N. Murray Edwards, whose net worth is estimated at $2.6 billion by Forbes, can afford it.

And if there is a playoff run under the new guy, it wouldn’t even be missed.

I cannot testify under oath that Gabriel Vilardi played the puck with a high stick before setting up Trevor Moore for Friday’s overtime winner in Game 3 that gave the Kings a 2-1 series lead over the Oilers, but it sure looked that way, didn’t it?

With no conclusive evidence available following a lengthy video review process initiated by the league, the goal stood, just as Henri Richard’s 1966 Cup-winning goal that he swiped in with his glove stood in overtime of Game 6 in Detroit.

Days later, Red Wings coach Sid Abel led a chant of “No goal” at a celebration of Detroit’s season.

No, wait a second, that was 33 years later and Lindy Ruff after Brett Hull’s equally dubious skate-in-the crease Cup winner was allowed to stand against his Sabres.

In a discussion about toxic contracts, who said, Sergei Bobrovsky?

Quick quiz. Which of these teams were in the Eastern Division in the Islanders’ inaugural 1972-73 season: A) Atlanta; B) Vancouver; C) Pittsburgh?

We are not having this absurd debate again whether penalties that would be called in the first 60 minutes of a playoff game should be called in overtime, are we?

Research can produce surprising results. When Chris Kreider passed Rod Gilbert as the Rangers’ all-time leading playoff goal-scorer when he got No. 35 (then 36, 37 and 38) against the Devils this week, it seemed like a suspiciously low number for an Original Six team. Even for one with a grand total of one Stanley Cup championship in the past 83 years.

But lo and behold, the fact that Wendel Clark holds the career record for the Maple Leafs with 34 goals even with Toronto having won the Cup 13 times. Of course, though, not since 1967. Of course, though, not having won a single playoff series since 2004.

Cam Neely, not Phil Esposito or Johnny Bucyk, has the Boston record with 55 career playoff goals. Steve Yzerman is on the top of the Red Wings chart with 70 goals, three more than Gordie Howe scored for Detroit. Bobby Hull, not Patty Kane, leads the Blackhawks with 62, which is an indication of the Golden Jet’s greatness on the ice.

Now, Montreal. You’d have to figure Guy Lafleur would be at the top of this list, correct? The five Cups in the ’70s and all that. But no, not the Flower, with a total of 57 for the Habs. Not Jean Beliveau, either, with 79.

It is the Rocket, and it may be the least celebrated achievement in the sport for a franchise that has won 24 Cups. For through an era when just eight victories over two rounds were needed to capture the chalice, Maurice Richard scored 82 goals in just 132 games.

Of course Mike Bossy recorded 84 goals in 129 games to establish the Islanders record, but we can talk about that following a review of the Original 16.