no playoffs in 9 years ... a housecleaning makes sense in a way. Francis was just "promoted" a month or so ago though, so timing is weird.
It's a shame that the ownership problem muddies the water. They actually have a very solid core to build around at the moment (great young top 4 in Hanifin-Faulk-Slavin-Pesce; Aho, Teravainen and Lindholm up front; Necas and Bean in the pipeline and a #2 pick upcoming), but it's a pretty badly-run franchise apart from that.
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