Rejoint: mai 2019
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As much as I am frustrated with Lindy…it’s really hard to justify pulling the plug mid-season. They took two-top four defenders away in free agency, took another two away in injury. Vitek fell apart.
That said, there is enough there to question whether he is right guy. But mid-season firing would have left us with Travis Green as interim coach. There are not many great candidates available mid-year. If we move on over the summer…we probably would become one of the more sought after jobs and would have long list to choose from. (Jay Leach, Jay Pandolfo, Tony Granato, etc).
Also don’t think we let so much young depth walk (Hatakka, Clarke, Halonen, etc) to replace with so many older vets (there is a veteran limit on AHL rosters, which we bump up against here too).
There are also a few guys off reserves who could figure into mix too. Bardakhov plays the style of game we lack, for instance. His contract is up after this season.