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Originally Posted by taxbuster
Did I miss something?
How did we move from Lindy and Backs being noncommital to "approaching the entire roster" wanting out?
(And IIRC, Z, Lewis and Stone were all happy to return, not just TT)
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I'm focused more on the actual core guys that matter. If Lucic, Lewis, and Stone like Sutter that is irrelevant to me, of course they like him based on he deploys them and that is part of the problem.
The rumors all year have been that a lot of the locker room was unhappy with Sutter.
Gaudreau and Tkachuk left already with Sutter at least playing some part of a factor based on what I've heard.
Lindy and Backs seemed to clearly be unhappy.
Huberdeau and Kadri have long term deals so can't really leave but rumors are they aren't huge Sutter fans.
I've heard Coleman, Mangiapane, Tanev, Ruzicka, and Markstrom also aren't huge Sutter fans.
So really if we are at the point that only Toffoli, Zadorov, Andersson, and Hanifin are the guys under contract that like playing for Sutter then I do think that is an issue.
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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
Fair, but I think this market can’t afford cons on a pivotal piece like the coach, especially without the star power, arena, etc that will draw talent otherwise.
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100% This.
This org already seems to have an issue attracting and keeping talent at all levels of the organization at this point. Based on some things that are controllable and some things that aren't.
Having a coach that is another "Con" just is another check against the org that is already swimming upstream compared to some other markets at this point.