Every year we hear the excuses they don't have anyone, yet they have Terry who is one of the best players in the AHL he's put up 138 pts in 118 games since he's been signed. He was 2nd in the AHL in scoring last year, tied for the league lead this year.
Taormina was AHL defensemen of the year. Cracknell is a hair under a ppg since coming over. Gelinas has 13 goals. Granted injuries/call ups have crushed them but their defensive play is terrible and they have left their goalies high and dry too often.
Last year they had the chance to put one of the top playmakers in the AHL with 2 of the top snipers in the AHL, instead they put him on the 3rd line with Audette. The 2 youngest players on the team and 2 that had questionable defensive play and he puts them on the same line for much of the year. How much better would the team have done had he put his best snipers with his best playmaker?
Look at McCarron, plays with Baun, Boucher, Waked, Gregoire, when they could have put Rychel with him, Terry, Scherbak. Now that likely doesn't help the team but if wins don't matter it should be about doing what's best for your prospects.
Hopefully the entire staff is fired, not because of their record, but the decisions they make, the piss poor defensive play. I know that you can't turn bad players into all stars, but for 2 former NHL defensemen they should at least be able to get their team to play passable defense instead of a tire fire that they are.