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Originally Posted by ComixZone
1) Fire the coaching staff tomorrow morning, and hire Darryl Sutter. To those people citing shelf-life or “he may not be an upgrade”, fact is he has won two Stanley Cups in the modern NHL which puts him in rare company. He’s a measurable upgrade on Gulutzan, but any coaching change poses risks - so you just have to do your best - and a Darryl Sutter hire would be giving the team the best the market has to offer.
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Darryl is a great coach (and upgrade on Gully) but if you think the defense isn't involved enough under Gulutzan, you're gonna hate his take on how defensemen should participate in the play.
We need a coach who takes full advantage of our blue line, and Darryl is not that guy.
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2) Make a Mike Richards/Jeff Carter trade in the same way LA did. It’s time to address the one gaping hole on the active roster, which yes - it may push Brouwer into the press box, but so be it. Action is required here, and the market does hold a few real options, and no it won’t be cheap. Evander Kane and Wayne Simmonds are both rumoured to be available - do it.
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Neither Evander Kane nor Wayne Simmonds are remotely a Mike Richards or Jeff Carter level add. Kyle Turris was that level of add and we missed out. The next best pending-UFA-possibly-on-the-block that could take a team over the edge happens to be....
...Mikael Backlund