The frustrating thing about this situation is that prior to Gulutzan's hire, there wasn't anything to suggest he could have success at the NHL level. His term in Dallas was short and mediocre. I'm sure the players aware of this coaches lack of success, lack of experience (comparatively to other coaches including Hartley), and the rumors that he's only on a 1 year deal. With all that combined, it's not hard to imagine why the players aren't buying in or confident under Glen. His apparent lack of passion or emotion doesn't help either, it just reeks of apathy (even if that's not the case) which filters down into the locker room. It felt like a bad hire at the time, and it feels like a bad hire now. I wonder if Burke was pushing Carlyle, or even Boudreau, and Treliving wanted to go with his guy in Gulutzan. If that was the case, you have to think that's created some tension at the management level.
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