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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
So the players didn’t like Hartley and now they don’t like Peters? I think I sense a trend and it isn’t a coaching issue.
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Take a look at the coaches they tuned out. Hartley? There's a reason he's out of the NHL. Gulutzan? There's a reason he won't be a head coach again. Peters? Didn't have a playoff season in Carolina and there were players there that didn't care for him. I'm not going to say the players don't deserve some blame or they aren't part of the problem but Gio is a pretty good leader himself so I don't think this is a thing where there are cliques in the locker room and maybe it is simply a matter of players are simply getting worn down by the approach. This team badly needs some bounces and good fortune to start feeling better about themselves as it just doesn't look like the players are having any fun out there as it's still a game and it can't be business 24/7.