Good point, I think people often forgot that he was very liked in the locker room and a calm presence behind the bench, he would be the perfect coach for the young dmen right now
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Marty has been here too long to force an experienced assistant on him, they'd have to make it a unilingual guy that doesn't look like someone who would replace Marty.
They should have done it after year 1 though.
I don't necessarily think it was a bad idea to target 21yo players, but we appear to have been unsuccessful so far. But then again this is a reaction to 13 games this year - we were far more enthusiatic about Dach's 2023 camp and Newhook's end of year. That talent can't have permanently disappeared.
I also think, in a way, that management might be just too scared to pay full price for an actual known commodity (go for a Dobson, Necas, etc.) while the team is still sh*t, hence the not-so-great success rate so far. At least we are working to our (perceived) strengths, i.e. drafting and (dare I say) internal development. But long term, the lack of ambition might limit us.
Are HuGo sticking to the pro scouts from the Bergevin era? I don't remember hearing about changes there other than the analytics guy (Boucher) being added.
It seems like that department needs some new eyes. If it was possible to improve the yield on our own draft picks, it should be possible to improve our hitting rate on pros.
