Under Sutter, the Sharks started out as a crappy team that gradually got better and better in the regular season. Marceau seemed to develop OK under him. Unfortunately Sutter got canned before they made the great Thornton trade, and one wonders how they would have done under him after that, instead of Wilson and McLellan.
In LA Sutter had quite a few vets but he also developed Doughty, Voynov, Toffoli, Muzzin, Pearson. Kopitar was only 24 when Sutter was hired.
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