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The Ottawa saga just keeps getting better and better
Really wish we had hitchcock still, could definitely see him being fired and replaced with Quenneville, can't see it happening with Montgomery
That's very surprising. Chicago seems to be doing decently this year, too.
Their personnel just isn't what it used to be. Can't really blame Quenneville for that.
Really wish we had hitchcock still, could definitely see him being fired and replaced with Quenneville, can't see it happening with Montgomery
Quenneville is a great coach with a long and great resume don't get me wrong but he's also pretty old timey. His style is not as out of date as Hitch was but its getting up there. Some of his decisions personal wise the last couple of year have been mind boggling.
I think Montgomery has done a good job so far. No reason to make any changes even if he wasn't just new.
Montgomery has done an ok job so far, but with each passing game instead of improving with their system they(the players) seem to be getting worse, It's gotten so bad that almost literally one of Heiskanen, Klingberg or lindell is on the ice at all times, and in the rare occasion one of them isn't, Seguin, Benn or Radulov is.
Montgomery is literally riding 6 players, Heiskanen, Klingberg, Lindell, Seguin, Benn, Radulov (the first 3 especially) and just hoping nobody else screws up too bad in their limited amount of time.
It's still early in the season and all so there is still time for it to "click" but he hasn't done a good job of anything so far
Montgomery has done an ok job so far, but with each passing game instead of improving with their system they(the players) seem to be getting worse, It's gotten so bad that almost literally one of Heiskanen, Klingberg or lindell is on the ice at all times, and in the rare occasion one of them isn't, Seguin, Benn or Radulov is.
The defense is due to injuries. The personnel behind the big three really do suck when you remove Methot and Johns from the picture. One of Honka, Carrick, and Polak is fine as the #6 (or rotating them through), but when all three are regulars, it's a problem. Don't even start with Heatherington, either - he has no business playing in the NHL. I don't know what you want Montgomery to do with the defense. He can't heal Methot and Johns, and he can't simply make the rest better players.
Offensively, I think the team has been fine lately. Of course he's going to ride his elite players as much as he can - we'd be pissed off if he didn't. Dickinson, Shore, and Spezza are all looking fine offensively. The rest seem to be doing just enough.
The system only works if the players are good enough to implement it. Offensively, it seems to be going alright. Defensively, the players simply can't. They're not good enough.
What exactly are you expecting? If at the start of the season you were told we would be 8-5-1 through 14 games, wouldn't you be pretty happy with that? We're not going to play perfect games 82 times in a row, and it's not like this team doesn't have fundamental flaws that are beyond Montgomery's ability to correct.
The tried and true injuries excuse. When bad players get injured and out, it's a great excuse for why the team is bad, if only those bad players were back in the lineup we'd be better. It was the same excuse that Kept Ruff on for the rest of the season (injuries to crap players like Eakin cost us the season not poor coaching)
Offensively the team is fine, they just can't complete passes, or exit the zone, or make it through center ice without turnovers or sustain pressure, but yes they are "Fine"
No I wouldn't, and No I'm not. I've been stuck watching a decade of Mediocre hockey, continuing to be mediocre isn't something to be happy about.
New Coach, "better system", "better players", Same lousy results. (And yes the players added this year(Heiskanen, Nichushkin, Comeau, Polak, Dickinson are better than those that left (Roussell, Hamhuis, Pateryn, Elie.)
I'd rather we just suck outright for a few years and get some assets to actually be good, of course we pass up every golden opportunity we get to improve this team, and have the worst NA scouts in the world. But Continuing to be mediocre is just completely unacceptable
Lmao, Nobody would rate Johns or Methot as "2nd pairing guys" but sure, they are great our defense rivals Nashville when healthyI don't know how anyone can expect to just replace two second pairing guys and a #5/#6 within the system. Its not like we have any highend defensive prospects left to call up that aren't already plaiyng ready to go.
Lmao, Nobody outside of delusional stars fans would rate Johns or Methot as "2nd pairing guys" but sure, they are great our defense rivals Nashville when healthy