Out of the two, I'm kind of surprised they turfed the PK coach. They almost scored as many goals as our PP did all year.
In all seriousness though, I'm pretty torn about the coaching honestly. I think a wholesale change in the organization all the way down to Bakersfield would do us good, but I think McLellan could get this team back on track with a good special teams. They have their work cut out for them.
Todd needs to adapt as a coach, he just rolls lines and it has 100% cost us games this season. When the other team goes up a goal and then he throws out the 4th line because "it's their turn" kills us. I like what he taught the team last year in terms of mental toughness, but he's been very disappointing this year.
They also rarely tried to jam the puck to the net. Just simple things like that that that the a pro level coach should notice a fix immediately. There’s no reason Woodcroft should be kept around.1) They moved Draisaitl out of the high slot for some reason
2) Opposing teams adjusted to take away the cross crease pass to Letestu and Woodcroft didn't have an answer.
So, now we're prepping ourselves to be placated with ... the SH coach being let go?
This franchise is a joke.
Rishaug was speculating, but made it sound like Herbers back to U of A and Johnson gone.
Is this "the plan" that Nicholson said as fans that we "would all get behind"?
Rishaug was speculating, but made it sound like Herbers back to U of A and Johnson gone.
Is this "the plan" that Nicholson said as fans that we "would all get behind"?
Who says TMac will be back?
Accountability, everybody!
lmao
Coffey will replace him, obviously.
I think Jim Johnson should be fired. Dont get me wrong.
But at least the guy somewhat fixed the PK in the last 1/3 of the season. Not to mention that they were #1 on the road and #31 at home. Which sort of means it kinda worked.
The PP never worked this year. It was never fixed at any point. So why would Woodcroft even be considered? Because hes TM's best friend?
Ridiculous.
Penalty kill seemed to get better since Coffey arrived. Powerplay still useless.
One of Nicholson's job was to provide oversight from a voice that's disassociated from the good ol' days. If this report is true, and now there are corroborating reports, I suddenly have a little sympathy for Chiarelli and McLellan.
Just wondering, if Woodcroft is so bad why were we 5th in PP last season? The only change was Eberle but he can't be the only reason we went from 5th to last.