I don't think his roster moves were even that bad. The team shouldn't be worse than 2016-17 Avalanche bad. It was his coaching hire that did it IMO.
So far Gulutzan appears to be a great assistant coach turned head coach. Tocchet is an example of a great assistant coach (who won a Cup! Zomg!) but completely in the opposite direction for head coach. Treliving did his due diligence, and Chayka did not.
__________________
Until the Flames make the Western Finals again, this signature shall remain frozen.
|