Has there been any indication that the coach wouldn’t be Hakstol next season?
First-Radish727
That makes sense. I don’t know if Hakstol quite deserves to be fired. But he’s not going to be the coach when the Kraken are good.
Marxbrosburner
Hakstol was a finalist for COTY last season! Isn’t firing him after one subpar season a bit premature?
surfingeagles
I see what he did with Pittsburgh and get really excited. I also look at Buffalo and get nervous. Now I see he is the head coach of Coachella and get really excited again. All to say that I have mixed feelings.
soupyhands
Not sure how you can strip all the supplementary scoring from the lineup and expect Hakstol to repeat the outstanding season we had in 22-23. Bylsma would be the absolute worst choice for a new HC and at a bizarre time. Friedman likely just trying to have a hot take on the Kraken here.
A_crackinthecup
Dancing Dan gets my up vote. Cuz I love what he’s done with the Firebirds. But is he worth hiring if you’re Ron Francis. Bc if this doesn’t work, Francis stint as Kraken GM is over.
ThrownAwayintoLF
I mean, you look at the guys who’ll probably have a real chance to stick and contribute next year and the coach who knows them best is Bylsma. At least they won’t be scratched as often (probably). But really they should’ve just canned Hakstol now if that’s what they’re ultimately going to do. Tough to walk back the uncertainty created at the PC.
TheCryingOrc4eva
Problem this year wasn’t coaching.
bitcoinfucius
DISCO DAN!!!!!!!!! 🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩
kirklandexplorers
IMO you have to move on from Hakstol. End of the day the coach is responsible for the success of the team. If they want to generate a buzz for fans to buy season tickets or tickets in general they need to do something. They are developing talent for future years but that only goes so far. We have season tickets for another four years and I don’t want to see a repeat of this year of mediocre hockey.
My observation from this year included we sucked at the power play. Other teams could (it seemed) skate in and develop the pp while we would get picked off at the blue line.
SeattleKrakenTroll
It’s always interesting who quote Friedman out of context. I highly suggest you go listen to the source. He’s just speculating out of a LOT of ignorance wrt the team. This is pretty standard for Friedman to say “I wonder” and go off on some tangent.
scough
In my opinion, it’s on the GM for letting Geekie, Donato, and Sprong go. Those guys brought energy that this team was lacking in 23-24. I’m not on the “fire Hakstol” train.
JasonEAltMTG
Firing your coach and bringing up the coach of the farm team always works out great, just look at the success Jeremy Colliton had in Chicago
inalasahl
Friedman is really good at getting inside information, but when he speculates he’s usually pretty off, so I would take this with a hefty dose of salt if he was speculating on his own rather than working with some rumor he’s heard.
TakeMe22TheRiver
Nope
majorBotHead
We lost 46 goals between donato, geekie and sprong. Last year was a career year for most guys on the squad but to replace those 4 (they’re definitely not 4th line forwards) with Pierre, Kailer, Tatar and Kartye is positive thinking and certainly a cheaper option but it’s just not even remotely similar. We could argue that Yams did better with the oilers but he also played in the top 6 with mcdavid and Leon who can turn practically anyone into an above average forward. Roster construction isn’t on Hakstol necessarily, he definitely has consideration in but out of everyone to keep I woulda tried for spring at the very least.
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Has there been any indication that the coach wouldn’t be Hakstol next season?
That makes sense. I don’t know if Hakstol quite deserves to be fired. But he’s not going to be the coach when the Kraken are good.
Hakstol was a finalist for COTY last season! Isn’t firing him after one subpar season a bit premature?
I see what he did with Pittsburgh and get really excited. I also look at Buffalo and get nervous. Now I see he is the head coach of Coachella and get really excited again. All to say that I have mixed feelings.
Not sure how you can strip all the supplementary scoring from the lineup and expect Hakstol to repeat the outstanding season we had in 22-23. Bylsma would be the absolute worst choice for a new HC and at a bizarre time. Friedman likely just trying to have a hot take on the Kraken here.
Dancing Dan gets my up vote. Cuz I love what he’s done with the Firebirds. But is he worth hiring if you’re Ron Francis. Bc if this doesn’t work, Francis stint as Kraken GM is over.
I mean, you look at the guys who’ll probably have a real chance to stick and contribute next year and the coach who knows them best is Bylsma. At least they won’t be scratched as often (probably). But really they should’ve just canned Hakstol now if that’s what they’re ultimately going to do. Tough to walk back the uncertainty created at the PC.
Problem this year wasn’t coaching.
DISCO DAN!!!!!!!!! 🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩
IMO you have to move on from Hakstol. End of the day the coach is responsible for the success of the team. If they want to generate a buzz for fans to buy season tickets or tickets in general they need to do something. They are developing talent for future years but that only goes so far. We have season tickets for another four years and I don’t want to see a repeat of this year of mediocre hockey.
My observation from this year included we sucked at the power play. Other teams could (it seemed) skate in and develop the pp while we would get picked off at the blue line.
It’s always interesting who quote Friedman out of context. I highly suggest you go listen to the source. He’s just speculating out of a LOT of ignorance wrt the team. This is pretty standard for Friedman to say “I wonder” and go off on some tangent.
In my opinion, it’s on the GM for letting Geekie, Donato, and Sprong go. Those guys brought energy that this team was lacking in 23-24. I’m not on the “fire Hakstol” train.
Firing your coach and bringing up the coach of the farm team always works out great, just look at the success Jeremy Colliton had in Chicago
Friedman is really good at getting inside information, but when he speculates he’s usually pretty off, so I would take this with a hefty dose of salt if he was speculating on his own rather than working with some rumor he’s heard.
Nope
We lost 46 goals between donato, geekie and sprong. Last year was a career year for most guys on the squad but to replace those 4 (they’re definitely not 4th line forwards) with Pierre, Kailer, Tatar and Kartye is positive thinking and certainly a cheaper option but it’s just not even remotely similar. We could argue that Yams did better with the oilers but he also played in the top 6 with mcdavid and Leon who can turn practically anyone into an above average forward. Roster construction isn’t on Hakstol necessarily, he definitely has consideration in but out of everyone to keep I woulda tried for spring at the very least.