As usual, you're too busy ranting about Hakstol to read the post.
Hextall probably had to promise Hakstol that he'd get time to ride out the rebuild, because why leave ND if you have to build a team for someone else?
At some point Hakstol would have to deliver (though he's lost twice in the 1st rd, same as Babcock in Toronto
), but Hextall was going to be patient.
Making the playoffs twice in three years during a rebuild when your GM doesn't sign a single major FA, trades one of your top six forwards for draft picks, and dumps all your veteran defensemen from a team that only had 84 points, would be considered a pretty good track record in most quarters.
This year has been a mess, but that doesn't negate that Hakstol delivered about the best you could expect under the circumstances his first three seasons, regardless of the opinion of the NNNs.
