Gulutzan tried to get the team to win as many 50/50 pucks as possible and to try to get as many shots as possible to negate the low shooting percentages of the bulk of his roster.
He was under no delusions as to the state of the talent on the roster, something that should now be abundantly clear to fans on this board.
The fact that Dougie was seeming an issue as well requiring an inordinate amount of managing should also give the fanbae pause. Interesting speculation from dobber about another coach seemingly conducting the same management:
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Dougie Hamilton is seeing 2:11 of PP ice time per game, his lowest in four years. His overall ice time is down nearly two minutes from last year with Calgary. Meanwhile, Justin Faulk – he of just seven power play goals in his last 180-odd games – is actually seeing his PP time going up! The only logic for this is that it’s a statement. Why did Calgary want to move Hamilton? And is Carolina (Rod Brind’Amour) trying to stamp out that reason with some tough love?
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Anyway, glad GG is gone too, but let's be honest here and give Treliving some credit. The team was awful last year and in one off-season he improved the team immensely. More than I thought was possible in a single off-season
There is certainly an entertainment value improvement under Peters but if he had the roster GG had last year it would've been boring too. It's really difficult, nearly impossible, to turn a very low skill roster into an exciting roster. You can make a high skilled team boring with coaching but I don't think it really works the other way, especially if you are trying to make the playoffs which was the mandate GG was under.