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Originally Posted by GioforPM
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.
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Fair enough.
I just don't see any meaningful improvements listed - certainly nowhere close to offsetting the losses we have incurred as a result of him being here.
A. The same core managed to win the west in 2018-19.
B. One more playoff win than 2019-20 and an embarrassing loss to our biggest rivals.
C. When the core group is in the 23-28 range - progression should be expected. Vets like Backlund, Coleman, Toffoli, Zadorov and Gudbranson have all produced at those rates previously.