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Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
It truly is amazing that he hasn't been removed. What good has come of this organization since Sutter returned?
We had two elite level talents up and leave despite just winning the division
We had our longest tenured and most loyal player in Backlund request a trade
We had our gm of nine years outright walk away from the organization despite receiving multiple contract offers from ownership to stay
We had Rasmus Andersson state that this was the most frustrating year of his career (with the exception of the covid year)
We had our new offseason acquisitions and big dollar investments visually dissatisfied with their treatment and usage
We had an agent publicly ridicule and mock the coach.
We now have this report that multiple players have no interest in returning at all if Sutter is behind the bench to begin next season.
There is far, far to much smoke here. You can say that there is no direct link to Sutter being the main cause for these developments, but I don't think it takes a genius to connect the dots.. Sutter has created a work environment that nobody wants to be apart of. The solution to me seems quite apparent, but a ton of damage has already been done.
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Devils advocate so don't read anything into this on my position on him staying or going but for your question:
a. They had their best regular season since 1989 (2nd best in their history) under Sutter in 21-22.
b. Best PO performance in 7 years.
c. Lindholm, Tkachuk, Gaudreau, Mangiapane, Zadorov, Toffoli, Andersson, Hanifin, Coleman, Backlund, Dube, Kylington, Gudbranson, Markstrom, Vladar, and even Tanev had career years under Sutter since he came back.