Anyone worried about his progression, ask yourself who really did show progression under GG?
Ferland? no... he was the only real option for a top line spot and while I think he is a key piece moving forward, Bennett would have had the same numbers on that top line.
Hamilton? no... he would have ran away with the defensive scoring race had coaching not held him back
Hamonic and Brodie no doubt regressed under GG
Jankowski was nothing beyond average outside of a few games.
Backlund had one of his worst years ever scoring and a career-worst +/-
Frolik might be the biggest regression this past year based on stats
Johnhy has had career worst +/- and goal total under GG. Yes, he had a career-high in assists but I don't think that is the player that we have in #13... he has the ability to be out there winning games as he did prior to the GG experiment.
Monahan is tough to assess given the injuries and not knowing when they were hurting him. I know people were ragging on him but for the sake of this argument, I can't say he had a down or up year. The stats would indicate a pretty average year.
Brouwers career came to a halt when he joined the GG system... tough to criticize on this one as that just may be Brouwer but the stats paint him regressing under GG
It would appear that Sam is an easy target given where he was drafted but an 18g 18a rookie season followed by 2 poor seasons under a coach who had a large part of his roster regress is not when you sell out on the guy. Let's bring a coach in who builds a plan to his player's strengths and not a guy with a predetermined gameplan.
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