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[SeawaterOnIce]

Looks like Green has the job in Ottawa:

Re-united with Hamonic!

Hiring Travis Green to coach your hockey team is like getting a roofer to do your colonoscopy.

Makes zero sense.

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

Looks like Green has the job in Ottawa:

Re-united with Hamonic!

Probably fooled them into thinking he “developed” all of our young players. When in reality they all did worse the longer they were with him. They are screwed with no Markstrom/Demko level goalie to bail him out.

 

[Egghead1999]

Looks like Green has the job in Ottawa:

Re-united with Hamonic!

NJ lets him go

 

[Grip it N RYP it]

So, Dallas eliminated the reigning Stanley Cup champs, and are now facing the previous Cup champs.

Really looking forward to this series.

 

[Fairweather]

So, Dallas eliminated the reigning Stanley Cup champs, and are now facing the previous Cup champs.

Really looking forward to this series.

If the Canucks are out, I'd want Dallas to win just for the storyline.

 

[mriswith]

Green is worse at coaching than Benning was at GM'ing, and Benning was an all time trash GM.

RIP Ottawa.

 

[Vector]

Green is worse at coaching than Benning was at GM'ing, and Benning was an all time trash GM.

RIP Ottawa.

For those, like me, confused by this.

All eyes on Travis Green for Senators’ vacant head coaching gig​

 

[vanuck]

This got brought up in another thread, but part of me wonders how TOR would've done had they not committed 50% of their cap to the Core Four in signing Tavares. Their biggest issue vs. BOS was getting offense from outside of their top guys. The sheer amount of useful depth they've let walk or gave away over the years seems crazy to me...

Imagine this alternate universe version of the Leafs circa 2020 (where they still had to trade Kadri) - do they have a strong enough supporting cast to win a few rounds?

Verhaeghe - Matthews - Hyman
Marchment - Nylander - Marner
Mikheyev - Bozak - Rodrigues
Johnsson - Engvall - Moore

 

[SopelFanThe3rd]

This got brought up in another thread, but part of me wonders how TOR would've done had they not committed 50% of their cap to the Core Four in signing Tavares. Their biggest issue vs. BOS was getting offense from outside of their top guys. The sheer amount of useful depth they've let walk or gave away over the years seems crazy to me...

Imagine this alternate universe version of the Leafs circa 2020 (where they still had to trade Kadri) - do they have a strong enough supporting cast to win a few rounds?

Verhaeghe - Matthews - Hyman
Marchment - Nylander - Marner
Mikheyev - Bozak - Rodrigues
Johnsson - Engvall - Moore

If they had Mikheyev - guaranteed.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

I think Bertuzzi was a good target but not Domi. Domi is at his best as a top 2 C on a rebuilding team. He is otherwise inconsistent from season to season, prone to taking bad penalties, and mostly a defensive liability. I say this acknowledging that Domi has played well for the Leafs but they needed him to fill a 3C role and he's not usable in defensive or PK situations.

It was a given that the Leafs would be 100 point team, and make the playoffs..Bertuzzi and Domi were brought in specifically for the Leafs (lack of grit/heart) playoff woes...Even though they were a goal away from advancing to the 2nd round, both players performed in the playoffs as advertised.

"Max Domi’s versatility and offensive impact for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs go way beyond the traditional stat sheet.

The 29-year-old forward’s performance, not only in points (four in six playoff games) and shots on goal (16; 91st percentile) but also several NHL EDGE stats, has helped them overcome the absence of center Auston Matthews (illness) for the past two games to force Game 7 against the Boston Bruins after previously trailing the Eastern Conference First Round series 3-1.

Domi, who’s filling in on the top line with Mitch Marner and Tyler Bertuzzi and also the first power play, is among the NHL leaders in various underlying numbers for the whole series:"..NHL Edge.

 

[StreetHawk]

Verhaeghe - Matthews - Hyman
Marchment - Nylander - Marner
Mikheyev - Bozak - Rodrigues
Johnsson - Engvall - Moore

How many of those guys broke out after leaving Toronto? Guys like Verheaghe/Marchment didn't play on the Leafs.

 

[Josepho]

Ottawa had a f***ing awesome opportunity to do the makeover we've done in the last two years, and completely blew it.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Sens clearly don’t want to ever be competitive.

Holy f***.

 

[just22]

So there’s a thread on a certain team’s board about hiring Quenneville and the positive responses to hiring him are absolutely disgusting. What a morally bankrupt fanbase, at least the ones that post on this forum, and given that particular team’s horrible history, you’d think they’d be a bastion against him.

Bloody reprehensible.

Just say it… we all know you’re talking about the Leafs fans lol

 

[valkynax]

Isn't Berube available?

How is it that stone face Green getting consideration for the gig before him?

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Sens are hopeless

 

[God]

Absolutely befuddled that any front office can look positively at Green's tenure in Vancouver plus the fact that New Jersey got worse with him as a coach. Just baffling. I like Ottawa's core and I'm kind of disappointed.

 

[valkynax]

Absolutely befuddled that any front office can look positively at Green's tenure in Vancouver plus the fact that New Jersey got worse with him as a coach. Just baffling. I like Ottawa's core and I'm kind of disappointed.

Hey maybe we can dump Mik on them.

Seems like a Green type of player that the Sens would pounce on.

 

[racerjoe]

Travis Green to the Sens... so sorry Ottawa...

 

[wonton15]

Mikheyev to Ottawa for Mathieu Joseph

Can we funnel more of our garbage over?

 

[valkynax]

Brief interview footage with Marner on TSN, question was what does it mean to be a Leaf, and his response was something along the lines of...

"It means a world. Obviously we're looked upon like...um...kind of gods to be honest."

What, the actual f***???

 

[Vector]

 

[StreetHawk]

Sens are hopeless

Brady seemed ticked at their season. I mean, this is a team that for some odd reason traded 1st and 2nd rounders for 4 years of total team control for DCat and Chrychrun and missed PO both seasons. Dealt with Foremention's involvement in the sexual assault WJHC case, Dadanov TDL mess & penalty, Pinto gambling, and Norris LTIR with his shoulder is a concern. Plus an ownership sale following passing of Melnyk.

They need a HC to right the ship. This could be a make/break year for that team and their core guys. Just feels like they made a lot of self inflicted wounds (nothing they can do about Foremention. Pinto, he's been the only NHLer suspended for gambling. Why didn't he get the message?
Everything else is self inflicted and bad decisions. Just need to get out of their own way.

 

[Vector]

All these good/interesting coaches available and the Senators go with Travis Green.

 

[valkynax]

Those who thought about buying low on Marner, pause and think about this:

Do we want someone with a GOD complex in the locker room?

Now I've not watched hockey for that long, can someone tell me if Gretzky ever said that? Or Lemiuex?