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Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta
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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I'm not sure your post makes sense. If Gulutzan's team looked good but couldn't finish - that's not a systems problem to me, it's a player problem.
It's funny that you say outside of 5 players that "most other forwards" have been underwhelming and that they've produced better in other systems. Who are you talking about? Frolik had his highest production under GG (albeit not a lot more than when he was in Winnipeg and he was out for more games under Hartley). Lazar had his second highest season under GG. But Hathaway and Jankowski haven't really played under anyone else at the NHL level. Stajan, Brouwer and Jagr - do you think a different coach gets more goals out of them? The only ones a different coach might impact are Bennett and maybe Brouwer.