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Originally Posted by Jimdon
Well in his defense a lot of fans were clamoring that it wasn't fair to blame the players for their own incompetence because the ownership refused to pony up the cash to hire a proven veteran coach.
So they did hire that coach and the team got no better at all and they got they answer that they didn't want, it's a player problem not a coaching problem.
He's got a bit of leash to rub a few faces in the I told you so pile.
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The team has overall played much better hockey since Sutter came on board. They also subtracted Markstrom at his best, Bennett(trade), a healthy Monahan, a healthy Leivo (covid), and a healthy Hanifin. He also didn't have the benefit of a training camp to figure out lines/pairings and initially just picked up where ward left off.
Ward had a much better roster playing like ####.