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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Be this as it may, he does not even seem to be responding positively to the new coach.
If I am the Flames, I am not so concerned about his ability to have a better season (especially in a contract year), I am more concerned about his character and interest in bringing his best for his team.
And my concern would be how you even figure that out. Perhaps his word behind closed doors is more meaningful than his word in public, but there is a disappointing trend there in terms of a gap between his talk and his action
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I just don't think this is true.
March 11th onward (Sutter Era 2.0)
CF%: 57.00 (6th on team)
SF%: 56.12 (6th on team)
GF%:: 54.55 (7th on team)
xGF%: 58.46 (3rd on team)
SCF%: 55.86 (5th on team)
HDCF%: 58.62 (7th on team)
Most of the players ahead of him are guys like Kylington, Robinson, Leivo, Nordstrom, and Ryan - guys who have either not played much, or who have been pretty much perfect from a defensive perspective.
The shooting percentage while he's on the ice is not great though - 7.69%, good for 13th on the team.
Yeah - Tkachuk needs to be better, especially to earn that next big contract. There's been a lot of negativity towards him because...well there's a lot of negativity towards everyone, but even as down as he is I'd say he, Lindholm, and Mangiapane are the only reasons for optimism at this point. Tkachuk is really the only one playing to a high level under Sutter, but the on-ice "bounces" have certainly not gone his way.
Tkachuk is part of the solution.
Gaudreau, Monahan and Backlund should be fired into the sun...although it could certainly be argued that Backlund should only be sent to the Moon, as he's the closest to keeping his head above water.
Sean Monahan is quickly approaching Troy Brouwer levels of bad. I'd want to distance myself from Monahan at this stage. He's first on the list to be sent out of town from my perspective, and I'm not even concerned about the return very much. It's not just this season, issues have been evident with Monahan for a while - but Gaudreau just happened to be able to help him outscore the woes.