Lord Helix
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Vincenzo Arelliti
He Can't Play Center
Is it even possible that we don't finish this season with Hitchcock? Is it even worth discussing? Who would replace him, and would hat even be a good idea?
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Just a poor effort all night. Hopefully they come prepared after the holiday break.
LGB and I hope everyone on here has a Happy Holidays.
LGB and I hope everyone on here has a Happy Holidays.
Vladys Gumption
Colt55
I don't think there's a chance in hell Hitch is fired mid-season. He's Army's guy and right or wrong he's going to stick with Hitch. I would not be surprised to see a trade happen. The big question is when.
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Why are people even talking about Hitch being fired? Crazy talk. Ridiculous overreaction to a team that is top 4 in its league.
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Vladys Gumption
Colt55
I wasn't commenting on whether he should be fired. Just that he wouldn't. There are legitimate arguments for why he should stay, but one could also make a legitimate argument that he should be let go.
You do realize he's only 24 years old, right? He's had an off 30 games and now people think he's not important for this team's success.
Vincenzo Arelliti
He Can't Play Center
Want: Eriksson, Simmonds, Huderdeau, etc. etc.
For Christmas, can we please have a solid 3Lw, a #4 defenseman that can play our #5, the real Alex Pietrangelo, and Elliott back, please?
Jaskin and Lindbohm would be cool, but I'll accept a bigger trade if available.
For Christmas, can we please have a solid 3Lw, a #4 defenseman that can play our #5, the real Alex Pietrangelo, and Elliott back, please?
Jaskin and Lindbohm would be cool, but I'll accept a bigger trade if available.
Vincenzo Arelliti
He Can't Play Center
Lovely attitude you have there...
I wasn't saying this last year, or the year before.
My argument is some actual, observable things leading to turn overs or shots against. And then saying that some of the old systems we play, which were once successful, now are not.
Now, if I were making the same argument years ago, would I be saying that its only now that teams have the book on Hitchcock?
Nope. That makes no sense.
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thedustman
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I think we could maybe package him and lindy and a couple picks or something for Luongo at the deadline.
Of course, the risk would be that Luongo doesn't work out in the playoffs and we lose to the Kings in the first round... but then we could just go with a rotation of Ott, Elliott, and Allen in goal for next year... that could be fun
Under Hitch the layers of systems are way too complex. You have to be an Einstein to process the sequential plans of A, B, C, or D. Frankly, not every NHLer can. I like the effectiveness of Bruce Boudreau's simplistic system. Keep it simple stupid!
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I hope Florida misses the playoffs so that the blues could pilfer some players from them at the deadline... they have a bunch of players that would fit well with Hitch I think.
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This team has no direction of how it wants to play. Guys look equally confused and heartless. At times, it has seemed more like confusion. There's obviously some grasping in how to utilize our new offensive tools and still be the team that we were last year, but frankly, this team has too many good players to have not figured it out by now.
We can probably bounce out of that before the last 1/3 of the season, but the more alarming trend is that it appears we still lack the mythical killer instinct. Maybe guys like Steen, Backes and Tarasenko have shown some, but the former 2 have failed to channel it throughout the team.
Road record + Record against good teams + ES goals from core players should equal a shift of some sort.
We can probably bounce out of that before the last 1/3 of the season, but the more alarming trend is that it appears we still lack the mythical killer instinct. Maybe guys like Steen, Backes and Tarasenko have shown some, but the former 2 have failed to channel it throughout the team.
Road record + Record against good teams + ES goals from core players should equal a shift of some sort.
What pisses me off is this goes on and nothing gets changed and we all sit around in the summer hoping for some good news. Dan Bylsma was not a bad coach but got $Â¥!+ canned because of playoff failings. Hitch doesn't make it past the first round and life goes on. I want a freaken cup not a crony coach. If Hitch can't change the way he coaches then he needs to go. If waiting till the end of the year is fair and respectful then we have a very charitable organization.
Will see how happy you guys are in May.
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As an Avs fan that was a fun win, but it's pretty obvious that the teams that are comfortably in a playoff spot have checked out for the holidays. It's no surprise the Blues being at the top played like they would like to get to the break without injuries, while the Avs are clinging to stay out of the McDavid sweepstakes. Looking around the league, it's pretty obvious what games were meaningless to certain teams. I envision the score being flipped back in St. Louis in the 29th.
Happy Holidays Blues fans.
Happy Holidays Blues fans.
Anyone think having more than 1 solid line means Hitch doesn't bother keeping line matchups intact as well?
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