[News] Trent Cull named new Wranglers bench boss

[Reggie Dunlop]

As mentioned on the Back Burner subforum

Originally Posted by Mitch

https://twitter.com/user/status/1681046176391663618

With today’s announcement, the Wranglers’ coaching staff is now set for the 2023-24 American Hockey League season. Returning as assistant coaches are Joe Cirella and Don Nachbaur, video coach Daniel Johnston and goalie development coach Mackenzie Skapski.

[Canada 02]

rest of the staff are returning

https://twitter.com/user/status/1681048269303218176

[Kidder]

Just here to comment that Skapski is a tremendous hockey name.

[memphusk]

That guy looks like Dallas Eakins

[Mitch]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1681053853192691713

Some familiarity - mentions that he played with Ryan Huska / Ray Edwards / Cail MacLean.

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

rest of the staff are returning

https://twitter.com/user/status/1681048269303218176

So he's not going to "Cull" the herd?

Someone has to say it.

The surname is on brand.

[activeStick]

So the unanimous feedback from my friends who are all Canuck fans is that he is a terrible AHL coach.

[Robbob]

Know nothing about him, but was a good quick little intro interview. Interesting that he had a hand developing some of the TB players.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Canuck stink on him.

[Macho0978]

Originally Posted by activeStick

So the unanimous feedback from my friends who are all Canuck fans is that he is a terrible AHL coach.

Flames will promote Wolf, Pelletier, Zary, Deuhr and the Wranglers will plummet down the standings and everyone will complain how bad a move this was.

Culling it now.

[Reggie Dunlop]

This was Brad Pascal's hire.

[1qqaaz]

His record as AHL head coach is only okay. Seems pretty good as assistant though.
I just hope he can develop well.

[FanIn80]

So Trent Crimm was busy, then?

[dissentowner]

From what I am reading from Canuck fans this guy is poor at developing prospects. The Flames must know something they like so I am not going to jump to any conclusions until we see how he does.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by activeStick

So the unanimous feedback from my friends who are all Canuck fans is that he is a terrible AHL coach.

Maybe they have ####ty AHL players

[Boreal]

Originally Posted by activeStick

So the unanimous feedback from my friends who are all Canuck fans is that he is a terrible AHL coach.

What are their reasons why? It seems hard to properly assess almost any coaching personnel from that franchise the last 3 years. Meddling ownership and incompetent management making roster decisions.

[Blaster86]

Oooff.

Prepare to see career AHLers getting the focus, game and practice reps from the coaching staff while prospects wither.

Cull is a good coach, but an awful developmental coach

[Ped]

Looks like there was some issues back in Utica with how he was developing prospects.


https://theathletic.com/774416/2019/...t-this-season/

• Lukas Jasek’s deployment is a little all over the place, but the Czech rookie is playing more than half of his minutes at 5-on-5 in the middle six. Should Jasek be playing more often than that? As of writing this, Jasek is seventh on the Comets in 5-on-5 points with 16 points and 2.14 5-on-5 points per hour. Another question I can’t help but ask is why Jasek is good enough to play in the Comets top six in about a third of their games, and then sit for a fifth of them? It’s clear that Jasek helps the Comets win hockey games, so if they’re trying to ice a winning lineup, he should probably be in it period.
• What good is this deployment serving Jonah Gadjovich’s development? Gadjovich has played over 40 percent of his matches on the fourth line, most nights with some combination Vincent Arseneau, Brendan Woods and Tony Cameranesi. This is a line with players who wouldn’t be premier talents in the ECHL. The 8.66 estimated 5-on-5 minutes a game that Gadjovich is playing reflects that. Gadjovich has admitted that the step from the OHL to the AHL was more significant than he anticipated. Fair enough. The coaching staff seems to be taking notice. So why is he still there? Would Gadjovich’s development not be better served by playing regularly in the ECHL or even the OHL? It’s hard to imagine it’s worse than playing about eight minutes of hockey with face-punchers every fourth or fifth day. That’s what Gadjovich is doing now.
• It’s Petrus Palmu’s place on that graph that is most frustrating of all. Talk about a wasted opportunity. The Canucks did everything they could to bring Palmu over from the Finnish Liiga (statistically shown to be a more challenging league than the AHL) to the AHL with an entry-level contract and then had to watch him miss close to 60 percent of the games he was available for before returning to Finland. Palmu’s commentary after the fact doesn’t exactly rebuild the shattered confidence many were left with watching this relationship end, for now, so unceremoniously.

I suppose he could have improved since then. The argument could be made none of those guys were anything useful, but that might have had something to do with development.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Sounded like management had a heavy hand in who would play and get ice time and it wasn't about winning. Can't see it changing the way Conroy talks about it.

[calf]

Originally Posted by Kidder

Just here to comment that Skapski is a tremendous hockey name.

Was actually named MacKenzie Skap at birth