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Originally Posted by 868904
You are taking the early part of both those guy's careers. What has the trend been recently?
The reverse is, Gulutzan's great record was the early part of his career and it's been trending down ever since. We gave Gulutzan the benefit of doubt with regards to his record in Dallas, just like teams gave Gallant and AV for their times in Columbus and Montreal, but both of those guys actually went out and turned their careers around before landing other head coaching gigs. Gulutzan didn't, he's been trending down since Dallas.
In what direction has Peter's teams been trending? How much stock do you put in the 2016 World Championships?
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I personally put a lot of stock into not just the World Championships but the fact Peters gets frequently tagged by Hockey Canada. Gold at Under 18s, World Championships and the World Cup. Shows me he can work with elite players and is highly respected by Hockey Canada. That matters to me.
I'm not drawing a parallel between anyone. personally think that's flawed because every coach is different, but all I was saying is AV and Gerrard in their first head coach stint didn't have success and it didn't work. The Canes are Peter's first job so why do we assume he is trending down but those guys trending up after their first jobs?
Peters is not Gulutzan. Mike Sullivan would have looked pretty similar to Gulutzan on paper too when the Pens hired him. World out pretty well. Let's see what happens, but personally I think there is more in Peters background to be excited about then there was Gultuzan's.