tony d
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Part of the problem with the team has been letting coaches go as soon as things go bad. Let's put this off as a lost season and come back next yr. with Boucher as our coach, we'll come back better than ever.
Not sure what criteria you are basing this statement on.Part of the problem with the team has been letting coaches go as soon as things go bad. Let's put this off as a lost season and come back next yr. with Boucher as our coach, we'll come back better than ever.
I thought Boucher was a PP specialist...???Boucher may not be going anywhere but I feel like there could be a change in assistant coach. PD may bring in someone else to fix either the d-zone coverage or the power play. Someone who could step in if they let Boucher go mid-season.
in a year when he is struggling with injury I'm not very impressed with Karlsson's attitude this year. He just doesn't seem to give a **** a lot of nights. Everyone can find the energy to play with the puck. That part of his game is pretty good. Without the puck he doesn't seem to have the commitment level to be an effective nhl player some nights. Maybe that's due to him blaming the Boucher system? IDK. I just don't like what I see
in a year when he is struggling with injury I'm not very impressed with Karlsson's attitude this year. He just doesn't seem to give a **** a lot of nights. Everyone can find the energy to play with the puck. That part of his game is pretty good. Without the puck he doesn't seem to have the commitment level to be an effective nhl player some nights. Maybe that's due to him blaming the Boucher system? IDK. I just don't like what I see
in a year when he is struggling with injury I'm not very impressed with Karlsson's attitude this year. He just doesn't seem to give a **** a lot of nights. Everyone can find the energy to play with the puck. That part of his game is pretty good. Without the puck he doesn't seem to have the commitment level to be an effective nhl player some nights. Maybe that's due to him blaming the Boucher system? IDK. I just don't like what I see
It's funny watching him barely try on defense and then seeing him rage when they get scored on/lose.
I don't know, I'm not sure he looks at all the same on offence right now - he virtually never jumps up into the rush, he never takes off and leads the rush, he seems to settle for sharp passes (which are still good) little bursts of speed.
I do agree on D though, he's not especially interested.
Does anyone think that the owner's treatment of his friends, Turris and Alfie might have anything to do with his effort level?
Factor in Boucher's sacrifice your body and stats system (that cost EK off season ankle surgery) and maybe, just maybe he's decided that he'll save his energy and body for the next coach.
This is kind of my thought.
We've had so many coaches and coaches that implemented different styles, yet we still have a make the playoffs year followed by a miss the playoffs year. At what point do we think there is an issue with the players and not the coach?
Or is there an issue beyond that. But to me, it seems that it isn't as simple as fire the coach and it will all be fixed.
This is kind of my thought.
We've had so many coaches and coaches that implemented different styles, yet we still have a make the playoffs year followed by a miss the playoffs year. At what point do we think there is an issue with the players and not the coach?
Or is there an issue beyond that. But to me, it seems that it isn't as simple as fire the coach and it will all be fixed.
Part of the problem with the team has been letting coaches go as soon as things go bad. Let's put this off as a lost season and come back next yr. with Boucher as our coach, we'll come back better than ever.
Does anyone think that the owner's treatment of his friends, Turris and Alfie might have anything to do with his effort level?
Factor in Boucher's sacrifice your body and stats system (that cost EK off season ankle surgery) and maybe, just maybe he's decided that he'll save his energy and body for the next coach.
Sorry I wasn't clear. I was referencing Alfie having to deal with Melnyk in the front office and leaving the organization for a 2nd time.no I don't think so at all. Alfie was a UFA. Turris got traded and the incoming player was considered an upgrade and more expensive. Many coachest preach shot blocking including a few long time successful coaches. They say it all the time "we'r professionals" and trading a guy like Turris in the last year of his deal is a fact of life and something you have to deal with in order to earn millions playing hockey.
I’d say the point where you change players rather than coach is the point where we have a GM that does not assemble a fundamentally flawed roster. For years now we’ve been trotting out the same guys, asking Karlsson to hide the blemishes and the pretending the issues that arise when Karlsson isn’t playing at a generational level are related to coaching or players (other than Karlsson) not living up to expectations.
Truth is we have had a decent amount of player turnover. In the last few years we’ve lost Turris, Zib, Methot, MacArthur, Spezza, Alfredsson. What we haven’t had is a significant shift in management perspective. We went from Murray to his mentee who seemed to keep the ship going in the same direction. How long have we been looking for « a top 6 forward » (unsuccessfully I might add). All the while we’ve been pretty obviously missing a top 4 defenseman for seemingly the past decade (with the possible exception of last season). Unfortunately we’ve now decided to extend our GM, despite a very poor track record, and we look to be lineing ourseves up to scape goat another star out of town.