Kraken fire Dave Hakstol
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Stupid. He’s a good coach. He smoked Bednar in the playoffs last year. Completely out coached the Avs.
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Had to fire him. Missing the playoffs with that stacked roster of theirs was unacceptable.
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I’m actually gonna say Woodcroft.
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.
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.
BHD
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If only he had Chris Vandevelde and Ryan White
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He was terrible his entire tenure with the Flyers and had one good season with the Kraken while they were playing the "us against the world" card. He's a very vanilla coach. There are worse, but most are better.
Francis should have never been hired there. He was an awful GM in Carolina. Doesn't have a creative bone in his body as a GM.
Summer Rose
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Interesting move. I thought that Seattle's main downfall was Grubauer having an off year and losing his net to Joey Daccord. Or was Grubauer injured?
Sorry, I don't follow the Kraken much, so I'm legitimately curious.
Sorry, I don't follow the Kraken much, so I'm legitimately curious.
ponder719
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Dave Hakstol is one of the most consistently surprising coaches in the NHL.
It was a surprise that he got hired in the first place.
It was a surprise it took as long for the Flyers to fire him as it did.
It was a surprise he caught on with Toronto instead of going back to college coaching.
It was a surprise that he was hired by Seattle.
It was a surprise that he got them to the second round last year.
It is a surprise that he's not getting another year with them, given the work he's already done there.
Best of luck to him in the future; I don't think he deserved this, but he'll probably land on his feet somewhere.
It was a surprise that he got hired in the first place.
It was a surprise it took as long for the Flyers to fire him as it did.
It was a surprise he caught on with Toronto instead of going back to college coaching.
It was a surprise that he was hired by Seattle.
It was a surprise that he got them to the second round last year.
It is a surprise that he's not getting another year with them, given the work he's already done there.
Best of luck to him in the future; I don't think he deserved this, but he'll probably land on his feet somewhere.
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Or his boss thinks they should be more like Vegas, and he needs to do something to get the heat off of him.
Blackhawkswincup
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Honestly don't think he deserved to be fired
Seattle took steps back this year, but Ron Francis and his roster are more to blame for that
Seattle took steps back this year, but Ron Francis and his roster are more to blame for that
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.
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They seemed to fall apart at the end of the year and not sure his messaging was getting through any more, Beniers had a major sophomore slump as well. With some of the Krakens prospects coming through soon like Wright, i'm not sure Hakstol is the best person to develop them. He would have been on the hotseat to start the year if he hadn't been fired.
No Fun Shogun
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Seems like a kneejerk reaction, but then again Vegas made a few kneejerk changes only to eventually win a Cup, so they must think there's a blueprint there.
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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.
They need to do some surgery to the roster and try get a proper first lineman in. Just feels like they are stuck in the middle.
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They figured out he bamboozled them. They would’ve been good next year before regressing again. Just isn’t a coach to take you places.
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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.
On Dallas, I am an outlier, but I just really have never thought they were a top tier contender though.
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Seattle overachieved last year. This past season they came back down to earth.
up to 8 HC changes from end of 22/23 season. With CBS needing a new GM so their HC isn't safe. That's likely to take us to 9 changes and maybe another one depending on PO performances.
Only 5 HC remain who have been with their team prior to the start of the 21/22 season. That's insane turnover in the HC ranks.
Only 5 HC remain who have been with their team prior to the start of the 21/22 season. That's insane turnover in the HC ranks.
