He clearly is in way over his head and I would argue that Hughes is as well. Nothing Hughes is doing is working.
Coaching is a serious problem.
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Is Hughes even trying to do anything right now? He did some gambles to try to accelerate the rebuilds and some of those seems to have failed, but since the discombobulation is team generalized, they might not be the real problem right now.
I think HuGo real failure is failling to find the rotten apple spoiling the rest of the tree and dealing with it. The level of mental instability among the younger players is way too high and the last time I've seen that was with Laval when Bouchard was coach and they ended up shipping out vets because it turned out they were being spiteful toward the prospects and demoralizing them.
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Demidov is a HAB
No, they aren't going to spend a bunch of assets to get mid range players in an effort to squeak out an extra few points in a year they've shown that they haven't taken a big enough step toward being competitive.
They have always targeted this off-season and beyond to be where they change from asset accumulation to using their picks and prospect base to make impactful trades that move things forward.
The rest of this season will be dedicated toward trying to get the most out of the players they've identified as potential parts of the core going forward. How the season plays out in that regard will clarify which areas they really need to attack and which areas do have that internal solution.
