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Originally Posted by Flickered Flame
Is Dyck on the hot seat?
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With the fans he certainly is, the media makes Ken Thrower look impartial with their homerism so tough to judge from them and I think that Roy Stasiuk (GM) will keep him until the end of the year at least, although he could be on the hot seat as well.
There have been some odd coaching decisions this year (constant overplaying of Braes and Iwanski would be tops for me) but really it just seems to be an effort issue with the players. Not sure it is Dyck's fault that King only gives 5% out there or that the defensemen make insanely bad plays all the time? Perhaps but in my view a lot of the blame has to go the players. I think he lasts the year but after that I could see both Dyck and Stasiak gone.
The team was also killed by not getting Sbisa back. That was a really tough/unexpected loss.
There is enough time/talent for the team to get into the 4/5 spot in the East and then could easily win a round or two. If that happens then obviously they both stick around.
It will be interesting to see what happens at the trading deadline (and something had better happen) whether they add or substract from the team. They have a lot of good forwards up front (King, Sceviour, Boychuk) that likely won't be here next year but could still get some decent talent in return. They also have some young depth that might be able to get them another top 6 forward and/or top 4 defense.
Personally I don't think anyone in the East is super talented (I know what he Hitmen's record is but they don't scare me in the least) and with Boychuk, King, Wright, Versteeg here for this year only I think now is the time to go for it and make a move to improve.