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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Sure they are a tough bunch to coach but they have never been coached by a top level coach, ever and it's not even close. Peters was an average coach when hired and he's the best they have had. Plenty of good teams are difficult to coach. The Penguins were floundering for some time until they made the change to Sullivan to which the switch flipped and they won back to back cups. Flyers were a .500 team forever but under AV they instantly became a .600 club. As you said you can't change the 20 guys and it's clear the current head coach is not a top NHL head coach so if you are happy with mediocrity you enjoy Jeff Ward hockey.
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Funny though, they got rid of Bylsma, who had won a cup for them. Then they had Mike Johnston, an unknown, for 1.5 seasons. And then they changed to Sullivan who was an unknown - not exactly moving to get a famous “top level coach”.