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old-fart · 04-09-2014, 03:20 PM

I don't think it is a particularly fair comparison. Sutter took a garbage team with very few pieces that had missed the playoffs for 7 straight years and led them to a single goal away from the Stanley Cup and years of respectability, before falling back into mediocrity.

Gillis took over a pretty stacked team, didn't do much, got a lot of credit for work done long before he got there, then stood by and watched as it sank into oblivion.

edit: what ComixZone said.

04-09-2014, 03:20 PM	#23
old-fart Franchise Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Exp:	I don't think it is a particularly fair comparison. Sutter took a garbage team with very few pieces that had missed the playoffs for 7 straight years and led them to a single goal away from the Stanley Cup and years of respectability, before falling back into mediocrity. Gillis took over a pretty stacked team, didn't do much, got a lot of credit for work done long before he got there, then stood by and watched as it sank into oblivion. edit: what ComixZone said.