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Originally Posted by agulati
It has probably already been mentioned but look at what happened in LA
Kopitar has 12 goals and Dustin Brown had 14 goals the final year of Sutter’s tenure there. Everyone thought Brown was done, but once Sutter was let go, they both rebounded
Kopitar with 35 goals and Brown with 28 goals and a solid rebound season. It is clear that the room has turned on Sutter. I do like him personally, but I don’t think he is the solution anymore and should be let go as soon as possible.
I get it. We might not have Tre next year so you don’t want to hire another coach, but just promote someone within on an interim basis and let them take it through to the end of the season. The situation feels toxic with all the smoke around the dressing room and this will not help in the future with UFAs/resigning etc even if we go on a rebuild. The sooner a move is done, the better
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Yeah but they also got swept in the playoffs and finished last in the Division the next season.
So they could replace Sutter...but that might do more harm than good given how many new guys need new deals next year and might trick this team into extending a lot of older players who really are not top end guys.
This has been a strange team. You get the old school hardass and the team responds for a season. Did with Hartley and Peter's...but within a year they wilt and can't handle it.
They could get Cooper or Bednar and these flakes probably do the same thing.