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Another game at home, another loss. Right after it looks like we have a chance to turn a corner, they come home and play like that. 33 goals to 41 in the last 14 games. Somehow we’ve gone 6-6 over that span but that’s mostly thanks to Lu.
After every loss and sometimes even after a win, the excuse from Boughner is the same: that team is fast/physical/bigger and we weren’t prepared. Well whose job is it to make sure the team is prepared? Leadership and coaching. That’s who. Since we can’t fire Boughner just yet because we aren’t Tom Rowe, if Tallon is serious about a) the playoffs and b) his job security, he needs to make a statement.
That said, I propose a buyout of MacKenzie and a stripping of the C. After entering the league in 97, guy was a career AHLer who didn’t play in more than 18 games in a season before 2009. It’s oretty easy to see why. He brings absolutely nothing in the ice despite a little bit of forechecking physicality (and that’s dwindled since he got hurt). Given that your captain doesn’t have to be the best player on the ice, he should at least be good at something. Anything. Ask yourself: what’s he good at?
Then you have his team. Last night was just a continuation of the last two seasons. It goes like this: the team goes out and scores an early goal first in the late 1st/early 2nd, gives up a goal either early/midd 2nd then shuts down. From this point on, there is no energy, no sense of urgency and nothing doing over the red line. The opposition spends a ton of time in the zone, peppers Lu with shots and finally knocks him off his headstand while the “defense” looks for a reason to exist. Based off this being two seasons worth of games now, it’s conclusive there is no in-game management by MacKenzie who looks as dead as the rest of the guys out there when he should be the one trying to light a fire both verbally and tangibly. But nah, we will just stick to being the fifth worst GF/GA team in the league, the fifth worst point percentage team in the league, fourth worst PP, and fourth worst PK. Something tells me this will be te fourth/fifth worst team in hockey under the current leadership.
So I say buy him out at the end of the year and in the meanwhile, give his C to someone who shows they care (Trocheck, Huby) with the point that the team needs a serious attitude adjustment if it plans to do much this season (down to under a 14% chance of making the playoffs). And save some money off the last year in the process.
Derek MacKenzie is not a leader. He’s the worst captain in the NHL. And it’s time to move on.
After every loss and sometimes even after a win, the excuse from Boughner is the same: that team is fast/physical/bigger and we weren’t prepared. Well whose job is it to make sure the team is prepared? Leadership and coaching. That’s who. Since we can’t fire Boughner just yet because we aren’t Tom Rowe, if Tallon is serious about a) the playoffs and b) his job security, he needs to make a statement.
That said, I propose a buyout of MacKenzie and a stripping of the C. After entering the league in 97, guy was a career AHLer who didn’t play in more than 18 games in a season before 2009. It’s oretty easy to see why. He brings absolutely nothing in the ice despite a little bit of forechecking physicality (and that’s dwindled since he got hurt). Given that your captain doesn’t have to be the best player on the ice, he should at least be good at something. Anything. Ask yourself: what’s he good at?
Then you have his team. Last night was just a continuation of the last two seasons. It goes like this: the team goes out and scores an early goal first in the late 1st/early 2nd, gives up a goal either early/midd 2nd then shuts down. From this point on, there is no energy, no sense of urgency and nothing doing over the red line. The opposition spends a ton of time in the zone, peppers Lu with shots and finally knocks him off his headstand while the “defense” looks for a reason to exist. Based off this being two seasons worth of games now, it’s conclusive there is no in-game management by MacKenzie who looks as dead as the rest of the guys out there when he should be the one trying to light a fire both verbally and tangibly. But nah, we will just stick to being the fifth worst GF/GA team in the league, the fifth worst point percentage team in the league, fourth worst PP, and fourth worst PK. Something tells me this will be te fourth/fifth worst team in hockey under the current leadership.
So I say buy him out at the end of the year and in the meanwhile, give his C to someone who shows they care (Trocheck, Huby) with the point that the team needs a serious attitude adjustment if it plans to do much this season (down to under a 14% chance of making the playoffs). And save some money off the last year in the process.
Derek MacKenzie is not a leader. He’s the worst captain in the NHL. And it’s time to move on.
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