After the horrible end to the 2017-18 season, the Calgary Flames were convinced that they needed to move on from head coach Glen Gulutzan. Only days after the firing, Carolina Hurricanes head coach Bill Peters stepped down from his position to take the coaching job with Calgary. While the move was certainly questionable at the time and one that came with considerable risk, the first season in Peters’ tenure was wildly successful, even if it ended in a bitter fashion.
2018-19 summary
Coming into the this season, the biggest task at hand for Peters was to get more scoring throughout the entire lineup.