‘One thing that has always stuck with me is when Phil Housley said he wasn’t going to be in the room or consulted on trade deadline day. With the experience Krueger got in the front office of Southampton, I wondered if that will change with him. “I think the general manager and the coach need to talk about everything that goes on in the organization. There needs to be that communication daily of what type of players are we looking to bring in, what players do we need to make adjustments on and when I sat down with Ralph, I felt at ease and that part of why I felt comfortable in making him the head coach.”’