Worst Start in Coyotes History? (UPD: It was)

[Neighborhood Coyote]

So this happened.

Not only are we 0-5-1, we're also last in goal differential.

To be fair, usually the last place team has one of the worst goal differential (the worst normally) just by the fact that in order to win a game it HAS to be positive for the game lol. If you really wanna look at the bright side of things, it took 6 games without a win to be the worst, so at least not a lot of blowouts??? lol. I'm trying to be positive here! ha.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, not good.

So, Stepan, Raanta, Hjalmarsson, Cousins, Demers....were all foisted on us?

 

[The Feckless Puck]

So, Stepan, Raanta, Hjalmarsson, Cousins, Demers....were all foisted on us?

Gonna be a lot of hindsight-fueled second-guessing for a while given how badly we're playing.

But if you ask me whether I'd make all those moves again given the start we've had, you bet your ass I would.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Gonna be a lot of hindsight-fueled second-guessing for a while given how badly we're playing.

But if you ask me whether I'd make all those moves again given the start we've had, you bet your ass I would.

(apologies for omitting the smiley; UMC's post was a Larry David reference, so I responded with another...)

 

[_Del_]

 

[BUX7PHX]

Gonna be a lot of hindsight-fueled second-guessing for a while given how badly we're playing.

But if you ask me whether I'd make all those moves again given the start we've had, you bet your ass I would.

100% we make these moves again and twice on Sunday. Not one time did I ever think that these players were either "losing a step" or "game had passed them by," like we may have been able to say about a player like Doan.

 

[Matias Maccete]

(apologies for omitting the smiley; UMC's post was a Larry David reference, so I responded with another...)

* squints eyes and looks side to side *

 

[cobra427]

Gonna be a lot of hindsight-fueled second-guessing for a while given how badly we're playing.

But if you ask me whether I'd make all those moves again given the start we've had, you bet your ass I would.

I would make the PLAYER moves again

 

[The Feckless Puck]

I would make the PLAYER moves again

In fairness, I wouldn't have hired Tocchet. I had other people I wanted instead. But I definitely would have let Tippett walk.

 

[SniperHF]

We are no longer last in goal differential, plan the parade everyone

 

[TheLegend]

I used that in a previous roster discussion thread. Never gets stale.

 

[TheLegend]

We are no longer last in goal differential, plan the parade everyone

Could be worse..... Globe and Mail has deemed us the "UnTeam".

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Could be worse..... Globe and Mail has deemed us the "UnTeam".

didn't they lead the relocation charge in the Canadian media for years? "If we can't have 'em, no one can!"

 

[TheLegend]

didn't they lead the relocation charge in the Canadian media for years? "If we can't have 'em, no one can!"

Nyah... that was mostly the work of one reporter on their staff (David Shoalts). The rest of the G&M staff treated the Coyotes quite fairly.

 

[Ciao]

Could be worse..... Globe and Mail has deemed us the "UnTeam".

Someone at the Globe put Nashville in twice and then ran out of room, thinking they had the right number of teams. Not enough proofreaders?

 

[Bonsai Tree]

I know that I'm a lone voice in the desert, but I would have chosen a middle aged, experienced coach to take on such a young roster. I'm not proposing an older coach like Hitchcock or Tippett, but someone with a solid stint of head coaching on his resume. Mix a very young roster with little veteran presence with a young head coach with essentially no head coaching experience and this is what you get.

 

[PhoPhan]

I know that I'm a lone voice in the desert, but I would have chosen a middle aged, experienced coach to take on such a young roster. I'm not proposing an older coach like Hitchcock or Tippett, but someone with a solid stint of head coaching on his resume. Mix a very young roster with little veteran presence with a young head coach with essentially no head coaching experience and this is what you get.

Very easy to speak abstractly. Who do you have in mind?

For what it's worth Tocchet has about 2 years experience as an NHL head coach, and nearly a decade as an assistant with Colorado, Arizona, and Pittsburgh.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

Yeo, Cooper, McClellan, for three. Someone with their age/experience. Tocchet was an "interim head coach" for a bunch of the games cited, IIRC.

 

[TheLegend]

Someone at the Globe put Nashville in twice and then ran out of room, thinking they had the right number of teams. Not enough proofreaders?

Or all us southern belt teams look alike to them.....

 

[slv]

with a young head coach .

Young head coach? Tippett just 3 years older, so...

 

[Coyotedroppings]

I know that I'm a lone voice in the desert, but I would have chosen a middle aged, experienced coach to take on such a young roster. I'm not proposing an older coach like Hitchcock or Tippett, but someone with a solid stint of head coaching on his resume. Mix a very young roster with little veteran presence with a young head coach with essentially no head coaching experience and this is what you get.

I'm starting to disagree, he's making all the right adjustments and it shows. It's like he's reading my posts and reacting accordingly!

 

[mouser]

Not looking pretty.

 

[Summer Rose]

I blame Lithuania.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Not looking pretty.

Only bright spot is Keller leading all rookies with 6 goals.

 

[MIGs Dog]

I need to read Bleacher Report more...apparently the Coyotes fired their basketball coach..