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Originally Posted by timbit
I’ll pose the same question presented to Textcritic.
Who is the right “quality head coach” for these players ...and why?
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Among the experienced coaches, Peter Laviolette. He's been in the cup final in the last five years. he has a stanley cup. his teams have consistently been top performers in terms of underlying metrics. His teams are consistently top performers in terms of scoring from the backend.
If this team fails under Laviolette then it needs to be blown up.
Among the prospect coaches, if we elected to go that route, then Rocky Thompson appears to be the top prospect. Somrthing Gulutzan was not. I'm not sure we have the margin for a new coach to learn on the fly though. Even Bednar needed a year to adjust to the NHL.