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Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
Darryl Sutter
2014-15 - Kings were 5th in xGF%. Missed the playoffs.
2016-17 - Kings were 3rd in xGF%. Missed the playoffs.
2020-21 - Flames were 3rd in xGF% under Sutter. 15-15 record. Missed Playoffs.
2022-23 - Flames were 3rd in xGF%. Missed the playoffs.
At what point do these results stop becoming about "bad luck" and start becoming a reflection of the system and coach in place? His teams are always analytically "elite" and while that's nice to point at on paper the results speaks for themselves in recent memory. That's 4 missed playoffs in his past 6 seasons as an NHL coach, with just 6 playoff wins total. That's not good enough.
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What we should take away from this is it's !@#$ING TIME TO REBUILD.
The Kings tried to stay relevant beyond that 2016-2017 season for too long (1 more season). Don't do that here. Stop wasting our !@#$ing time!
Kings tanked it right after that 17/18 season and drafted:
2019: 5, 22, 33, 50, 87, 95, 119, 157. 188
2020: 2, 35, 45, 66, 83, 112, 128, 140, 190
2021: 8, 42, 59, 84
The Kings, I feel, still didn't do a good enough job and didn't really get any luck in the draft - and their top three picks aren't even contributing in a meaningful way yet AND THEY'RE STILL BETTER THAN THE FLAMES!
The Flames are in a way better position to kick this off than the Kings were. Toffoli, Lindholm, Hanifin, Tanev, Backlund, and Zadorov are all right there to load up on picks.
Friggin' rebuild.