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Originally Posted by New Era
The "legit head coach" has done nothing to improve the team or their style of play. It is the exact same style and system as Ward had them playing. Not a helluva lot has changed. They are just as bad under Sutter as they were under Ward.
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I would disagree with that.
He's drastically improved the team's play away from the puck from tire fire to a pretty competent group through the lineup.
Pretty much pick a metric ...
He's improved
CA60 by 13%
SA60 by 18%
xGA60 by 15%
SCA60 by 12%
HDCA60 by 21%
Expected five on five goal splits went from 51% to almost 54%.
NHL teams that have been around 54% on the season in expected goal splits? Only five teams with better marks Colorado, Toronto, Florida, Carolina and Montreal.
Honestly the team would be in a playoff spot if Markstrom was fully recovered when Sutter took over.