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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I think there are some concerns since the Hurricanes are 1 game below .500 and 26th in the league in points % in his time there.
They also ranked 28th in GF/G, and 20th in GA/G.
A lot of that has to do with them ranking 30th in Shooting Percentage, and 31st in save percentage but with the way this season went it's somewhat concerning seeing a guy that has had similar issues to what the Flames had this year but over 4 years instead of 1 season.
Specials teams are a mixed bag. 26th ranked PP, and 5th ranked PK over that time - so we would need to find a coach to fix the PP. Something he hasn't been able to do in Carolina.
He is well regarded as a coach for the most part across the league and gets lots of love from Hockey Canada, plus his advanced stats are top 5 in the league over that time, but once again it's just a 4 year pattern of what failed the Flames this season for Peters so is that just more of the same.
I'm not really against it since I think he's a better coach than GG, and I'm not sure Sutter or AV are real options here, but he wouldn't be my 1st choice and I'd probably wait to see if anybody else gets fired after the 1st round of the playoffs.
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He is an innovator too.
His defensive zone coverage is quite different than traditional hockey, with his weak side defensive forward crossing the zone to help out instead of covering his high dman like a glove.
Really high puck pursuit and force turnover with the willingness to give up the through the legs pass to the blueliner as a downside.