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Originally Posted by Cole436
05-06 is the only year in my opinion that we shouldn't have lost.
06-07 we weren't well coached and lost to against a very strong Wings team
07-08 the Sharks series went to a game 7
08-09 had us missing Giordano and Regher. Langkow was playing with two broken hands, Phaneuf could barely skate, and Bourque was still injured.
I think Sutter did a fine job. Sometimes you just don't win.
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How could you conclude after that list that he did a fine job? He was gunning to win the cup and in the last two years (and then some) of trying to do so his teams finished out of the playoffs. The legacy of ineptitude is further cemented with how he left the team. An expensive, entitled group of veterans that consistently killed each coach, up against the cap even with three years out of the playoffs, no young elite players besides maybe Brodie, and a full tear down being in order. Sutter had rightfully made himself a laughing stock throughout the league to the point that we have this thread talking about how much of a gamble it was to hire him as coach.
Now don't get me wrong. I love that the guy has re-established his reputation around the league and I greatly respect him as a hockey person. But what type of cognitive dissonance do you have to engage in to delusionally fool yourself into thinking that he was a good GM? There's literally no evidence to support that claim looking at the body of work.