Kraken fire HC Dave Hakstol

[pmorrow]

https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/...8yZ9uT9eg&s=19

[RizzeeDizzee]

Probably warranted. No forward saw even 53% of available PP time, and the leading forward in TOI per game by nearly a minute was the venerable Alex Wennberg. That is not a recipe for success.

[TrailerParkFlyers]

I think you have to play your best players the most. Balancing ice time doesn't work long term

[Bubba55]

Funny, a year ago Hakstol was a Jack Adams consideration who had taken a new expansion franchise to the Stanley Cup playoff in just one year. However, the team takes a step back this year and that's it for Hakstol. It's a tough business. Personally, I think the regression is more on the players than the coach, but it don't work that way (:

There is no shortage of HC vacancies out there, it will be interesting to see if Hakstol can immediately land another job or not.

[2014olympicgold]

Apparently there was a number of players who voiced they didn't want to play for Hakstol anymore, and also said they "wouldn't" play for him.

[ericdaoust]

The main issue is last year they were a playoff team and this year they fell flat. I believe they overachieved big time last year and it created false expectations. Their team isn't that good.

[Bubba55]

Apparently there was a number of players who voiced they didn't want to play for Hakstol anymore, and also said they "wouldn't" play for him.

I meant to ask earlier but it slipped through the cracks, but have you got any additional info on this? I haven't come across anything that indicated Hakstol lost the room in a big way, but I was a bit surprised at this move so there has to be some internal stuff going on that has played a major role in this firing.

[Axeman33]

Apparently Francis and some players have come out and said that the talk about players complaining is not accurate, but I dont expect anyone to admit it publicly.

https://twitter.com/GeoffBakerTIMES/...50863418798332

Kraken GM Ron Francis, top players refute ESPN report that Dave Hakstol was fired because group of significant players said they didn’t want to continue playing for him

[Pengwin7]

I've always like Hakstol as a coach, both in PHI & SEA.
He seems to do well with average-ish rosters.
But some coaches get/feel 'stagnant' after a while.

Sometimes what WE see... isn't what the players experience.
I had always, always thought Mike Babcock was a very high-end NHL coach.
Had no idea he was such a prick until it started to leak out.

So... who knows with Hakstol.
It feels like a surprising move to me.
I though SEA simply overperformed last year and performed on-par this year.
This said - whenever a GM moves in his 2nd coach choice, he probably buys himself another 3 years.
Ya gotta hit on that 2nd coach though... or your own leash gets yanked.

[ericdaoust]

Who exactly are the significant players in Seattle? Dunn and...