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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Bob Hartley 2015-016 35-40-7
Gaudreau-Monahan-Hudler
Bennett-Backlund-Frolik
Ferland-Colborne (44 point version)-Jones/Granlund
Jooris-Stajan-Bouma/Bollig/Hathaway
Gio/Brodie
Hamilton/Wideman
Russell/Engelland
Ramo/Ortio/Hiller
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Actually, to be more fair, you should look at the complete roster.
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/l...000432016.html
Lots of injuries. Lots of less inexperienced personnel on the roster. Especially telling is looking at the D. Hartley had to cycle between 13 D. Gulutzan had a mostly healthy D corps and only had to use 8 - until Andersson came up, only Kulak would be considered inexperienced.
Giordano - Hamilton
Brodie - Hamonic
Kulak - Stone
Bartkowski - Andersson
That's it. That's pretty damn good.
Compare it to this:
Giordano - Brodie
Russell - Hamilton
Engelland - Wideman
Smid - Jokipakka
Kulak - Nakladal
Wotherspoon - Kylington
Sieloff
Sure, Russell was traded and Jokipakka came in, but that is still trying to fit a guy into the existing system. That's a lot of injuries. That's during the "Wideman incident", and Wideman's wheels completely fell off. Fitting Hamilton - who was awful for the first half of the season.
All the while this continuous 'defense in flux' was backstopped by craptastic goaltending.
You also put into parenthesis Colborne's stats. The same Colborne that went on to get 8 points in Colorado the following season, and got demoted before the season started but only managed to play 13 AHL games and no NHL games this season. I would say Hartley got the most out of him, no?
Also, that forward lineup is not as strong as Hartley has had the luxury of icing. It is a much worse roster, even when comparing the goaltending between the two coaches.
Yeah, that season sucked for the Flames, but it was a worse roster without a doubt. The previous year Hartley took the Flames to the 2nd round of the playoffs, was awarded the Jack Adams, but still got fired for a poor season (and that's fine). Gulutzan has been a downgrade, especially when directly comparing rosters. If Hartley got fired, I suspect Gulutzan is on his way out too then.