Fire Hakstol
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Curufinwe
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I agree that there's not a magic fix to be found in line shuffling, but the 1st and 4th line have stayed the same for every game except the two where Leier had a UBI.
Trying to prop up one of the middle six lines with Raffl's strong possession game should have been tried a while ago.
Captain Dave Poulin
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He ****ing stinks. I'd like to close the book on this terrible story. I mean, I guess I'd miss the jokes. That's about it. We'd think of something to joke about with a new guy, though, probably.
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When Hakstol is inevitably fired after never being able to figure it out, I want everyone to remember who was the first on that bandwagon many many moons ago 
Foggy14
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When the "brain" trust in Florida let Gerard Gallant go, a year ago, I really wanted Hexy to bring him into the organization to help with young player development and be a fall-back if/when they lost faith in Hak.
Unfortunately, our current coaching "depth" only gives Hak more job security than he deserves.
Looks like this was done by design. No bueno.
Captain Dave Poulin
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When Hakstol is inevitably fired after never being able to figure it out, I want everyone to remember who was the first on that bandwagon many many moons ago
I 'member
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Like, why would you be so hellbent on not breaking up a 4th line that isn't scoring anyway? Sure, they have some good shifts here and there, but they have contributed a grand total of 3 goals and 2 of those came in 1 game. Move Raffl up and the assess if he can help another line while not killing the 4th line. Call up Martel to buzz around on the 4th line with the honey bees.
Try taking Jake off of the 1st line and putting Konecny there. See if G and Coots can still work there magic while Jake boosts another line.
Disclaimer: I expect none of this to happen.
Giroux - Couturier - Konecny
Weal - Patrick - Voracek
Raffl - Filppula - Simmonds
Leier - Laughton - Martel
Experiment for christ sakes. DO SOMETHING.
Curufinwe
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How about Holmgren as interim coach for the rest of the season? That would be a fun throwback even if the results didn't improve.
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Yep. Gordor will be even worse than Hakstol and Knoblauch isn't experienced enough.
Knob should have replaced Gordor at the Phantoms HC after his abysmal showing in the playoffs. Then after a year or two in LHV with the kids, he could have been brought up to replace Hak while already having a lot of familiarity with the kids coming through the Phantoms like Morin, Myers, Friedman, Lindblom, Vorobyev, etc.
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I am 100% on board for this.
It would be entertaining as hell. Just looking at that mug on the bench would be enough to keep me watching games.
Beef Invictus
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It really doesn't have a lot to do with them. Teams can focus entirely on the top line defensively. It's on the depth scoring.
You can't rely on a single line to win every night.
Striiker
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And when the next coach does exactly the same things, be sure to remember who called that too.When Hakstol is inevitably fired after never being able to figure it out, I want everyone to remember who was the first on that bandwagon many many moons ago
Beef Invictus
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As for who would be hired, you know they'd talk Sutter into it at minimum on an interim basis.
They actually made league history with the first milestone.
This has never happened before to a team in the first 18 games?
hatcher
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I get it but there is no fight is what I'm saying out of anyone. I been great all year about leaving the top line alone.
LegionOfDoom91
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I was referring to the “winning ten games in a row in season & missing the playoffs” one. No team in league history accomplished that feat until the Flyers did last year.
Oh yeah that one. My god that was bad.
Jtown
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I would love seeing homer smash some sticks and get violent. Better than f***ing stone face
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And when the next coach does exactly the same things, be sure to remember who called that too.
Kind of like Sullivan did in Pittsburgh? He's a carbon copy of Johnston, right?
Lavy is a carbon copy of Trotz too.
Torts is doing the same things that Todd Richards did in Columbus
You get where this is going. The potential exists for his replacement to be just as maddening, but it's not set in stone. There is also the potential for the next coach to not have his head up his narrow ass and display some form of competence in some aspect of coaching.
Curious, is Knoblauch an emotional coach? Or is he more a steady guy? Also, I just noticed that he looks like a young Hak...
Lindberg
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I highly dislike how Hakstol refuses to show any emotion during a game. I don't think yelling at players constantly works but damn sometimes you need to fire your team up.
hatcher
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Sullivan is an animal and we need that fire and different players and GM too.Kind of like Sullivan did in Pittsburgh? He's a carbon copy of Johnston, right?
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