In fairness to Hakstol, this Seattle group just isnât that talented and they dramatically outperformed their roster last season. I think if you look at their line up they ended probably right where they should, if not even a little better.Â
In fairness to the Kraken, I donât think Hakstol is a good coach and you basically got the best possible result last year, it ainât getting better from this point on so itâs a better idea to try something new and making that move now is better than waiting a year.Â
memelackey
Well he got one good year in with the Kraken and was there from the start. Pretty cool!
In hindsight Dave did well with what he was dealt in his time in Philly. Yes it didn’t reap results but ownership has been ass backwards for a bit and high caliber team talent wasn’t in the room.
Happy for him. No doubt he’ll get another shot, the nhl IS nepotism. The same coaches have been floating for the past 20 years team to team without winning anything either.
TwoForHawat
Sometimes I feel bad for coaches who overachieve. Itâs not unreasonable for Seattle to have a season like this in their third year, but the fact that they made the playoffs and even won a round last year reset expectations. Weird as it sounds, if the Kraken finish with 85ish points in 2022-23, Hakstol is probably still employed.
SUICIDE_BOMB_RESCUE
Guys… hear me out… how badly do you want that #1 pick next season?
Streetkillz13
So here’s the thing about Hakstol… He’s a decent coach who has helped some incredible players go from good to stars but has never really had a full team to work with.
Coots, Dunn, Schenn, McCann, Tolvanen, Ghost are all treatments to his ability to grow younger players into stars or elevate busts to NHL players.
Honestly he probably wouldn’t be a bad fit on the Sharks or the Blue Jackets, but isn’t the guy you bring in to get you over the hump.
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In fairness to Hakstol, this Seattle group just isnât that talented and they dramatically outperformed their roster last season. I think if you look at their line up they ended probably right where they should, if not even a little better.Â
In fairness to the Kraken, I donât think Hakstol is a good coach and you basically got the best possible result last year, it ainât getting better from this point on so itâs a better idea to try something new and making that move now is better than waiting a year.Â
Well he got one good year in with the Kraken and was there from the start. Pretty cool!
In hindsight Dave did well with what he was dealt in his time in Philly. Yes it didn’t reap results but ownership has been ass backwards for a bit and high caliber team talent wasn’t in the room.
Happy for him. No doubt he’ll get another shot, the nhl IS nepotism. The same coaches have been floating for the past 20 years team to team without winning anything either.
Sometimes I feel bad for coaches who overachieve. Itâs not unreasonable for Seattle to have a season like this in their third year, but the fact that they made the playoffs and even won a round last year reset expectations. Weird as it sounds, if the Kraken finish with 85ish points in 2022-23, Hakstol is probably still employed.
Guys… hear me out… how badly do you want that #1 pick next season?
So here’s the thing about Hakstol… He’s a decent coach who has helped some incredible players go from good to stars but has never really had a full team to work with.
Coots, Dunn, Schenn, McCann, Tolvanen, Ghost are all treatments to his ability to grow younger players into stars or elevate busts to NHL players.
Honestly he probably wouldn’t be a bad fit on the Sharks or the Blue Jackets, but isn’t the guy you bring in to get you over the hump.