[Flashpoint]

Too bad. He's a decent coach, but didn't have the best tools.

That said - if he won his last 3 games of the season he could have made the playoffs. Something similar last year IIRC. So if you are going to be judged on making the post season, he didn't get it done.

In the end - its a new GM wanting to bring in his own guys (although he kept the goalie coach). That's fair. If you are going to be taken to account, you want it to be for your own employees, not your predecessor's hire.

Dallas has a good collection of youth, a new owner, a GM considered to have great potential, a nice building in one of the biggest sports markets in NA. So it should be an attractive destination.