zerekstar
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Our system may have failed at developing them but with all new staff in our AHL affiliate, maybe things will get better. But I still don't see where Playfair has made any significant impact either.
Well, it seems that we got another top 5 draft group. All of the sites (rotoworld, espn, bleacherreport, etc...) ranked us in the top 5.
That is 2 years in a row so it looks like we've finally found a group of scouts who can get us the assets that we need. Now we just need to work on the development piece.
Having a new group in Springfield should help.
Well, it seems that we got another top 5 draft group. All of the sites (rotoworld, espn, bleacherreport, etc...) ranked us in the top 5.
That is 2 years in a row so it looks like we've finally found a group of scouts who can get us the assets that we need. Now we just need to work on the development piece.
Having a new group in Springfield should help.
Three years in a row I think. Ever since Bernhardt came on. His addition has been invaluable.
If he was any good he wouldn't be in the press box would he. Stop blaming management, start blaming the player. The same may hold true for golden boy Gormley if he comes to training camp and plays like he has the last half decade.
A few posts I have read talk about developing our kids, but the problem is that some kids just don't have the talent and their development stops at the AHL. The last few drafts I think have been very good so we should see more kids developing in the AHL and making it to the NHL. The NHL is a tough nut to crack and most don't make it.
Dave Tippett is like the manager of a restaurant that requires its servers to have "3 years of serving experience to be hired". You need experience to play, but you need to play to gain experience, and it ends up screwing over the younger kids. Rundblad had all the raw skill in the world, but when he played in his bi-monthly game, he was rusty and not in game-mode. Rotting in the press box for a prime few years of development really killed his game.
I wonder whether Tippett can change his approach, but I have to assume he's at least willing to try.
You would think that, but he was coaching for his job, even when he had a nice contract in hand and no chance of being fired. He's simply not willing to trade the present for the future. It's on the player to climb some mystical hill in Tippett's mind and prove his worth without much opportunity to do so. I think his ability to coach up young players, especially forwards, is entirely up for debate.
At some point you need to put the players on the ice and let them either sink or swim.
A few posts I have read talk about developing our kids, but the problem is that some kids just don't have the talent and their development stops at the AHL. The last few drafts I think have been very good so we should see more kids developing in the AHL and making it to the NHL. The NHL is a tough nut to crack and most don't make it.
Rundblad and Gormley were thought to be shoe-ins for the NHL and have almost now fallen through the cracks. Was it that scouts were wrong or that development failed? I can't say one way or other but Maloney cleaning house shows he must of thought development was at least partly to blame.
Rundblad and Gormley were thought to be shoe-ins for the NHL and have almost now fallen through the cracks. Was it that scouts were wrong or that development failed? I can't say one way or other but Maloney cleaning house shows he must of thought development was at least partly to blame.
You would think that, but he was coaching for his job, even when he had a nice contract in hand and no chance of being fired. He's simply not willing to trade the present for the future. It's on the player to climb some mystical hill in Tippett's mind and prove his worth without much opportunity to do so. I think his ability to coach up young players, especially forwards, is entirely up for debate.
At some point you need to put the players on the ice and let them either sink or swim.