GDT: Most Extreme Hockey Challenge! - 7:30 PM MSG

[jkrdevil]

Fitzgerald is probably willing to tank this year too. This team isn't good. If he fires Ruff and the next coach sucks then it becomes his ass on the hot seat next.

Loser mentality begets losing. This is the point where as an organization you have to show losing will. It be tolerated. There needs to be pressure of the front office, coaches and players to get better.

 

[Billdo]

Philly smokes us on Tuesday. 5-2.

 

[bobilly45]

I’m a fairly patient person and try to find the silver linings in things. But this type of play is not one that is going to warrant success. It seems like they are enforcing the offense coming from the perimeter or in transition. There’s not enough focus, whether by the staff or the players, on following shots and second chances. Dominic Moore even said last night that more often than not, those are your best opportunities to score. And we very rarely come up with several of those opportunities.

This is some of the more frustrating hockey I can recall watching because they should not be this bad.

This is all on the coaches.. also we need better goaltending... blackwood is not the answer

 

[NJDevs26]

If you fire both assistants you might as well fire Ruff too. Pointless tk empty the bench and keep the HC

If Ruff had actually hired both assistants to begin with that’d be one thing but he didn’t

 

[guitarguyvic]

Maybe all of them - the players, coaches, management - have all bought into their own hype and think they can just play on the fly shinny and somehow pull out wins against NHL caliber teams.

 

[jkrdevil]

Yeah, most of the winning clubs do that. It's a solid strategy.

Lou’s first 6 years here saw 5 different coaches (6 of you could Lemaire coming in at the beginning of 93-94).

 

[Billdo]

Loser mentality begets losing. This is the point where as an organization you have to show losing will. It be tolerated. There needs to be pressure of the front office, coaches and players to get better.

The ownership group is fine with it. They're fine with it with the Sixers too. They have already acknowledged this is a multi year plan. It's getting hard to be invested in this team mentally let alone spending my money on it. I've been a lifelong fan and the last 10-15 years have been difficult, the last 5 have been absolutely horrible tbh. New coaches, new players, new mottos, new jerseys, same results. Lather, rinse, repeat.

 

[Better Call Sal]

This is all on the coaches.. also we need better goaltending... blackwood is not the answer

Get out of here with that. The goaltending hasn’t been the issue on this team, we give up high danger chances like they’re on sale. No goalie is going to carry this team on his own the way we play on a consistent basis.

 

[MauDevils]

Geertsen played 2:51. Another confusing decision.

 

[Whaddagoal]

Im tired of this team (when gaining puck posesssion) just wildly lookikg for seam passes wide even when there is none to make.

They came out good in 1st. Should have built a 3 1 lead. We have horrible ability to finish chances. So many to go around.

We let bonedust greene get one and parise outskate us for a SH breakaway. Embarassing for any long time fan.

Specifically greene who couldnt muster any leadership in his last years here and watched his team play like ass. Im sorry but this pisses me off way more than it should.

 

[Billdo]

Lou’s first 6 years here saw 5 different coaches (6 of you could Lemaire coming in at the beginning of 93-94).

 

[DevilDog]

Sorry bro, the entire coaching staff needs to go

I really don’t see Ruff getting fired this season unless this clip of losing continues. But we have every reason to fire his assistant and the fact he still has a job is starting to piss off the entire fan base.

 

[BostonDevil]

I'm actually fine with Torts at this point. Boudreau got this year and next from Vancouver. Willing to sell my soul short term with a similar deal.