It's really easy to just say "We need to not have mental mistakes". How do you get that? Do you really think the coaching staff and GM and Owner watch the games and think "Yeah that's all fine, that turnover - oh well, let's just sit on our hands and not try to fix anything"?
They don't appear to be putting in much effort. This is what, year 3 or 4 of the same ****?
You say Dumba is a waste of a roster spot, but then think that he can get top-6 talent? Also you can't cut players in the NHL. Also if you think Dumba is a waste of a roster spot you should really watch some other teams and see some of the defenders that get ice time.
Yes, he could get top 6 talent in a league that gave Clarkson the contract that he got. You know exactly what I meant when I said cut Prosser. You are just being pedantic for the sake of being pedantic.
Also Granlund has played his best hockey when he's in that "grinding style" the kid can forecheck and is good defensively and can make some things happen when he gets the puck on the forecheck. Granlund doesn't have much of a shot and isn't an elite offensive talent, so if he's not forechecking and playing good defense he's not adding a lot when he's on the ice. Granlund's OT goal vs. the Avs all started because he wasn't afraid to do work in the corners and down low.
He cannot hang onto the puck. Simple as that. He is giving up 50+ pounds to most everyone that is defending him down low. Does he make it work sometimes? Sure. More often than not though the result is loss of possession...and that can't be ok.
Also calling Mikko lazy? He's overly cautious and doesn't want to get caught down low - letting the other team break the puck up ice easily. That's frustrating sometimes but that's his game, it's nothing to do with laziness. He's slowed down over the years and that's his body breaking down, not laziness.
Well, when you have Granlund coughing up the puck everytime a defender touches him I can see the concern for them breaking the puck up ice. There is nothing stating that Mikko can't let Granlund play high and he go low even though Mikko is technically the center....so I am going to stick with my laziness claim.
I'm just not really connecting your points. So fans should stop buying tickets so it hurts the owner. You don't think Leipold is committed to winning? He gave the go-ahead to be a cap team and continually spend big bucks in an attempt to win a championship. I think most Wild fans are happy with him, with the only gripe potentially being if you think GMCF should get axed.
I do question whether or not the owner that is keeping GMCF employed is committed to winning. Voting with your pocket book is the only real power fan's have.
But you also say we aren't lacking skill, so it's the coach's fault and not the GM's?
Just because the team has talent doesn't mean it is a well constructed team. Nail Yakupov has talent. Dubnyk has talent. Look what they did in Edmonton. So I would say that it is your point that doesn't make much sense.
It's month two with a new coach and system. You can argue we're the least talented offensive team in the Central but sitting in 3rd place. I just don't really know who you're blaming here and how the solution is magically going to appear when we stop buying tickets. That's not going to make Pominville's contract disappear.
It will make the GM that gave Pominville his contract disappear and that is about the best you can hope for.
