We have no idea if Ralph Krueger is going to be a good coach for the Buffalo Sabres. As someone who enjoys being a knower of things I find this extremely frustrating but also somewhat intriguing and maybe even a little exciting.
The conversation around coaching is often vague and clichéd with little basis in fact because it’s extremely hard to properly evaluate what value coaches actually bring to a team. I think we have a decent handle on coaches that do a poor job based on their results and basic statistics. If teams you coach never posses the puck and regularly give up more expected goals against than are generated for, regardless of the personnel from year to year, you’re likely providing negative value to your team (ex.