Not sure why Brent Sutter gets so much hate. He broke the 90 point plateau in all three seasons and IMO those rosters were a clear step down from the 2006-2009 teams. Any team that was relying on Jokinen, Bourque and Glencross in as top 4 forwards was not a good team. Also he had to deal with the Phaneuf situation and poor return, Bouwmeester not fitting in, and his brother kind of losing it as a GM. Roster was kind of a mess IMO and while he maybe didn't get them to overachieve I feel he got them to where they were in regards to overall talent.
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