Équipe: 2018-19 Flames de Calgary

Date de création initiale: 29 mars 2018

Publié: 1 avr. 2018

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Yes this team has been inconsistent this year, but the blame shouldn't be solely on Gulutzan. There were times this year when the Flames played solid complete games against the top teams in the league and then there were others when they laid an egg. A lot of the blame has to fall on the players and leadership as they haven't been able to get up for big games. Their power play has been awful all year (they should fire Dave Cameron for this) and they haven't been able to score consistently down the stretch. I don't think that's Gulutzan's fault as he has to work with what he has been given from management, and the mix of this team is clearly not good enough.

If they do fire Gulutzan, they shouldn't trade Brodie. Ever since Gulutzan became coach, Brodie's game has dropped off significantly, so if they do decide to make a coaching change, they should keep Brodie to see how he plays in a new system. Brodie used to be considered one of the top up-and-coming defenceman in this league before Gulutzan was hired, so I think they should be careful when thinking about trading him. Bottomline, fire Gulutzan or trade Brodie this offseason, NOT BOTH!

I don't think they are going after the top potential coaches available (Quenneville, Trotz, etc.) if they fire Gulutzan because they don't want to pay them a lot of money. That leaves guys who have little to no head coaching experience left, and I don't know if it is worth it to fire him and force the players to learn a whole new system again and start out slow next season.

If they keep Gulutzan, his leash will be short to start next season. If they start slow he will likely get fired and I guess I would be wrong to have kept him.

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