I don't buy that Sutter has coached well this season. Huberdeau, Kadri, Lindholm, and Mangiapane are all established players who are performing way below expectation this year. Outside of Backlund, those are the four most important forwards on the team. Maybe Mangiapane was a one year wonder but the others aren't, so I don't buy that the coaches have made the right adjustments and pushed the right buttons this year.
Being a legendary coach comes with expectations too and having so many key players have a terrible season in the same year shouldn't be acceptable. There's enough blame to go around for everyone.
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