Paul Maurice. The perfect coach for Winnipeg fans, where mediocrity is completely acceptable.
How about this for reasons to move on: he's had 7 years and we've been past the first round of the playoffs once. We have talented goal scorers, yet he focuses on a conservative game style where dump and chase, grind it out hockey from the dead puck era is somehow the ultimate goal. Zone time is king, not scoring chances in Paul's book.
How about his penchant for playing guys like Gabriel Borque and Matt Hendricks over younger players with more potential like Harkins and Roslovic. How about the fact that our PK has completely stunk ever since he got here, or his stubborn refusal to try ANYTHING new such as splitting Scheifele and Wheeler until injuries forced his hand. Switching Connor and Ehlers is basically his only move.
How about a complete failure to hold certain players accountable - namely Scheifele and Wheeler, while seemingly picking on others (Ehlers, Roslovic). Could this same approach be what cause the ruffled feathers of last season? If I was one of those young players, I would have been pissed too. Matt Hendricks could barely skate and contributed nothing, yet Roslovic was in the press box.
Come to think about it, we've basically only been consistently winning when Helly has been putting up Vezina type results both early this season and 2017/2018.
I think those are plenty of reasons. If Maurice stays, mediocrity is the best case scenario. Hes been a career mediocre coach and it's not going to change now.
Sometimes it's just time for a new voice, and frankly I'm just tired of boring hockey with a bunch of waiver wire scrubs. Would rather struggle with a few young guys from the Moose like Harkins, niku, Kovacevic and so on over the plugs we're playing now.