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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
On fan860, they asked Treliving if Huska had a chance of becoming the next coach. Treliving answered, "I really like Ryan Huska".
I am quite anti-Huska, as the Heat have missed the playoffs twice, most prospects have regressed offensively, and he complains about schedules/personnel. However Huska does seem like an intelligent and level-headed guy. Management really seems to like him.
Do you think teams with young cores should have veteran coaches or rookie coaches? I'm not sure which situation performs better based on precedence. Tampa Bay seems to be doing well with a newer coach, yet Eakins in Edmonton was a disaster. Edmonton is a disaster.
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I don't know where I stand on Huska. I didn't like the "numbers" that the prospects put up under him, but then every player who came up to the NHL looked like they belonged.
The AHL record is terrible, but we also know that he was forced to play Hartley's system. Hartley's system has been used in the pros (NHL and AHL) for 6 seasons now (4 in the NHL and 2 in the AHL) and only 1 of those pro seasons, the team made the playoffs and had success. So basically, 1 out of 6 teams playing Hartley's system had success, and the one successful team was chastised by the analytics community as "flukey".
I think they will keep Huska in Stockton and see how he does with a new system.