Stupid. He’s a good coach. He smoked Bednar in the playoffs last year. Completely out coached the Avs.
He got a lot out of a very mediocre roster, every season.
So I'll assume this is Francis thinking he can get a better development coach for the young players coming up.
That or Ron Francis thinks his roster is better than it is.
This is a bizarre take.Stupid. He’s a good coach. He smoked Bednar in the playoffs last year. Completely out coached the Avs.
They took Dallas to the bitter end as well. They just had more depth last year. This year they have less depth and still not top tier talent.This is a bizarre take.
Hakstol is a run-of-the-mill coach. He was meh in Philly and meh in Seattle. His teams always are poor at scoring chance generation, because he relies on an antiquated style of play.
Seattle winning a round last year was a great story for them. It was 0% to do with Hakstol though. Colorado was thin (after having to cut pieces following their Cup run), injured, and missing Nuke because of the weird Russian hooker thing.
There are many good/interesting coaches on the market this offseason. Replacing Hak right now is smart.
I agree. Seattle had a better team last year. I don't think Hakstol helped them any though. I think he's performed more or less how you would expect based on the roster he's given. He has, however, consistently shown an inability to get more offense out of his teams when needed.They took Dallas to the bitter end as well. They just had more depth last year. This year they have less depth and still not top tier talent.