Let's be honest. Who wants to come here? Our situation is way too volatile and precarious for a big name coach to stake his name.
But also, coaching matters but I don't think it matters quite as much as roster construction does. Rick Bowness and Craig Berube were not names that inspired great joy in their respective fanbases but both have done a great job despite their very pedestrian NHL resumes. I also think Ward is better than both Peters and Gulutzan, and there won't be any adjustment period for systems and whatnot given that he had his own training camp and high-stakes games to impose his tactics. He did all he could and I just can't blame him for our top guys taking the playoffs off for the 19th time in a row
Ball's in Treliving's court. It's up to him to improve this team because some of our top players just aren't cutting it. Let's hope he has a better idea for this offseason than Brodie for Kadri