The only way this turns out well is if we bring in elite goaltending - an average/below-average coach’s saviour. Unfortunately we’re about as far away from that as you can be at this stage, so that puts the pressure on Tree to hit his player moves out of the park this off-season, and the last 2+ years would show that he himself is well below average as well...making this hiring all the more predictable.
Tree just hasn’t been very good at his job for an extended period of time, and hiring Ward would make his first move this off-season a solid “average/below-average” move.
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