Jeremy Colliton has been criticized for many things: systems, adjustments, lack of success in line juggling, the list goes on. Yes, this could be the fact that the Icehogs may not have firepower on offense… But can he make the right decisions and find ways to counter the best teams in the league? If not, he’s not the guy. His teams also suffer on offense and defense. With that said, how will King fare as the head coach for the time he holds the position? He hasn’t exactly been impressive in the minors where his teams never made the playoffs. Obviously, this is not a winning formula. Right now, they average two goals per game while they give up about four per game (3.92, but let’s just round this to four). Patrick Kane is still Patrick Kane, but this team has to find ways to pick up the production.ĭerek King, the interim head coach, has to find ways to set the ‘Hawks up for success with a high-tempo, yet responsible, offensive system. Will they finally improve with a better system? Or is this team just… Bad? Jake McCabe has been a flop thus far and Marc-Andre Fleury is not consistent in net. Something that will be interesting to watch is how this team responds to the change. Compared to the three seasons of mediocrity under Stan Bowman, I’d say that Davidson knows what he’s doing.

We all know how bad this system was and all it took was a single week of unimpressive efforts for interim GM Kyle Davidson to fire Colliton.

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