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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Sutter will be a good coach, IMO no doubt there.
I remain concerned this core has been through too much failure together to expect significant improvement. I just can’t understand why there hasn’t been some change to that mix even if it’s done in stages.
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I agree that Sutter has his hands full with the core. I think that the little bump when he came in followed by a return to bad play was some evidence of that.
As for why it wasn’t changed, really there are only 3 candidates to move and they each have their challenges in a trade. Tkachuk has his $9M QO and reported desire to go to SL. Gaudreau has his MNTC and his essentially one year rental status before UFA. Monahan has his last year stats and his health. I suspect the returns for all of these guys would have been pretty disappointing.
The rest of the core - Lindholm I am not moving. Backlund is entrenched. Tanev is valuable. Markstrom still needs evaluation, plus he and Tanev just got here. Hanifin took huge steps and I’d move him only if the return was overwhelming.