Gulutzan's team in many stretches has looked like the best team on the ice, and then couldn't finish. That was especially true in the playoffs last year. To me this means our team is better than the system they are playing in. We've seen many players on our team provide better goal scoring in other systems, and outside of Backlund, Ferland, Monahan, and Gaudreau, and Tkachuk (who I believe are just on the upwards trend toward the career primes), most other forwards have been underwhelming. While I believe we are going to add some offence in the offseason, I think you'll see many in our bottom 6 have better seasons in more complimentary system.
I've heard inside talk about Peters and it also included the Burke was going to be ousted as well, with Maloney taking his role.
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