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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
If it was a small handful of players having a poor season that would be one thing but it's most of the team. Hard not to look at the coach. It's clear Sutter can coach but it's his stubbornness and gruff personality that starts grinding on players as it's why he has a shorter shelf life.
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Except it’s the opposite. Most guys are having good seasons, some are even on track to have one of the best seasons of their career.
That’s why it’s hard to take the Sutter criticism too seriously when it seems to have blinders on. He’s doing a lot of good for a lot of players, but he can’t will the goaltenders to be average every night, and he has tried Huberdeau with every player but Dube at this point.
Lindholm, Toffoli, Mangiapane, Backlund, and Kadri all played better without him than with him. What’s Sutter supposed to do with that? You pair him with Lucic and Lewis where he’s not going to be a drain on their production and people are going to complain that Sutter is making him play with 4th liners like they did last time.
I think people are struggling to cope with the fact that we might have 8 years left of a $10M lemon and are looking at any reason they can to blame everyone but the player.