Fire Hakstol

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I believe it's overdue to cut the cord with Hakstol. Some guys do well with less experienced players such as high school, juniors or college. I don't believe Hakstol will ever be a good NHL coach. I gave him a chance and just don't see it getting better going forward.

It does actually bring up an interesting question: how much of his success (though he choked ass at the ultimate stage) was down to good recruitment and had nothing to do with coaching? And how much of the recruitment took care of itself, being a long-time solid program at North Dakota, and had nothing to do with his plank and sawdust personality? Probably unfair a bit to assume that it had nothing to do with him, but I do hate his guts, so I am going to go ahead and assume that.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Ths thread needs to be bumped all day every day. I'm certain Hak would have them turtle after getting one goal lead in playoffs. What a farce of a coach.

 

[Philly Fanatik]

Santa Claus will hopefully bring me a early Christmas gift!

HAKSTOL

 

[bauer]

i still can't believe we're doing that ridiculous Giroux/LW experiment. okay it's a great line, but it has systematically destroyed any depth we had. we have no bottom 9 anymore. total one line team. thanks Hak you f***ing idiot.

 

[Embiid]

Hey hey...ho ho when is Hakstol gonna be let go???

 

[deadhead]

i still can't believe we're doing that ridiculous Giroux/LW experiment. okay it's a great line, but it has systematically destroyed any depth we had. we have no bottom 9 anymore. total one line team. thanks Hak you ****ing idiot.

How good of a center do you really think Giroux is these days?
The two years before he was injured, he was pretty mediocre, maybe his revival is due to playing LW?
So let's destroy our one good line and make a marginal improvement in another line?
I mean do you really think Filppula will be a good LW?

 

[deadhead]

Hakstol coached Hextall’s kid at North Dakota. Hextall did this before. When he was with LA & running their AHL he hired Mark Morris as the HC who coached his kid in prep school. That’s the connection & what ultimately lead to Hextall going with Hakstol.

I'm sure. Hextall isn't competitive and doesn't care about winning, so he signs a coach b/c it's all in the family.
Geez. It's dumb and dumber around here.

 

[Lindberg]

I'm sure. Hextall isn't competitive and doesn't care about winning, so he signs a coach b/c it's all in the family.
Geez. It's dumb and dumber around here.

That is what you take away from that? Hextall has made two hires that were previous coaches under his son. He is watching way too much coaching of one coach and not actually making good coaching selections.

You literally can't be this dumb to not realize this.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Lol dh with his claims. Still waiting to see those 20 es points out of Weise and 35 from Filpps. You know since they are proven producers. What a shame they have such a poor linemates dragging them down. Really NP, Simmonds, Konecny and Weal need to take a long hard look at themselves. They are ruining flyers season. Amarite?

 

[bennysflyers16]

Let Mandog play the role of Reggie Dunlop.

Put this Beet Farmer on the Ferris wheel today and leave him on it.

 

[whitstifier]

I'm sure. Hextall isn't competitive and doesn't care about winning, so he signs a coach b/c it's all in the family.
Geez. It's dumb and dumber around here.

That's not what anyone is saying.

Hextall has a level of comfort taking consults from friends/family is management decisions, which is not okay... Nepotism is bad business.

It's okay to piss on Hextall's old school business methodology. He's been garbage at hiring talented coaches. (Besides Knoblauch, our savior--praise be.)

 

[boxcar65]

Let Mandog play the role of Reggie Dunlop.

Put this Beet Farmer on the Ferris wheel today and leave him on it.

You have to admit, though, that he has played better than Gudas so far.

 

[bauer]

How good of a center do you really think Giroux is these days?
The two years before he was injured, he was pretty mediocre, maybe his revival is due to playing LW?
So let's destroy our one good line and make a marginal improvement in another line?
I mean do you really think Filppula will be a good LW?

Filp played a ton of LW in TB and would do just fine there. Giroux/Couts/Patrick/Laughton is what the center depth should look like.

Giroux was plagued with injuries in recent years and seems to be back on track and fully healthy. he's a far better center than Filp that's not even a question. going from Filppula to Giroux is not a "marginal" improvement. spread the depth around. stacking your 3 best players all on one line is stupid. they have an off game and you don't score at all. look at how many times they've been shutout already. it's unacceptable.

it needs to be at least given a chance. and Hak is too stubborn to do anything. i mean, is it so much of a problem to move Giroux back to center for a few weeks and see how things are? maybe they score more? who knows? but it's not even being given the chance. Hak is extremely stubborn and his refusal to make adjustments is only one of many reasons why he is a shit coach.

 

[Winston Wolf]

25th in the league now and only Montreal, Buffalo, and Florida are worse in the Eastern Conference.

 

[Stizzle]

25th in the league now and only Montreal, Buffalo, and Florida are worse in the Eastern Conference.

I'm honestly not rooting for us to win until Dave Hakstol is fired. Every loss is just one step closer to that turd being out the door.

I'll hope for and celebrate individual success from our young players and core, but pray for nothing but losses. As that is the only way to ensure Hak is exiled back to the farm. It's the only way this franchise can move forward in the long run.

I'll gladly just take the lottery balls and set my eyes on drafting a high end winger to compliment Nolan Patrick. Give me a fired Hakstol and one of Svechnikov, Zadina, or Farabee and consider me happy.

 

[Magua]

This was the year I was supposed to not feel conflicted about wanting them to lose to get a better pick. I wanted to be committed to a playoff shot. Damn it. I'm still there though because I don't see this team being remotely a lottery team. As I said yesterday, I still expect us to be in that 13-16 range when it's all said and done. There is meat on the bone, talent waiting in the wings, elite players carrying the load, and they've screwed themselves out of some should have won games. All comes down to how quickly they want to stop dicking around.

Give me a fired Hakstol and one of Svechnikov, Zadina, or Farabee and consider me happy.

I mean the first two could go 2/3 in the draft or thereabouts. But Farabee has a chance to be there outside the top 10 where we pick. He's not the biggest guy, and I'm not sure I would call him a game breaking type either. He seems more of an optimistic target than a tank pick.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Even if me make playoffs we will probably be easy prey one of the top teams in east. However you can catch a lightning in a bottle and go far Ottawa style.

 

[Stizzle]

I mean the first two could go 2/3 in the draft or thereabouts. But Farabee has a chance to be there outside the top 10 where we pick. He's not the biggest guy, and I'm not sure I would call him a game breaking type either. He seems more of an optimistic target than a tank pick.

I'm accounting for both the possibility of a lottery win vs just picking in our regular spot. Either way there is a winger waiting for us.

 

[kelmitchell]

How good of a center do you really think Giroux is these days?
The two years before he was injured, he was pretty mediocre, maybe his revival is due to playing LW?
So let's destroy our one good line and make a marginal improvement in another line?
I mean do you really think Filppula will be a good LW?

Mediocre? Get the f*** out of here with that bullshit, you dont know hockey if hes mediocre, his numbers werent as high as years past but his numbers still make him a #1c

 

[kelmitchell]

I'm sure. Hextall isn't competitive and doesn't care about winning, so he signs a coach b/c it's all in the family.
Geez. It's dumb and dumber around here.

Pot meet kettle

 

[kelmitchell]

f*** you haktard, you stupid hick, i hope he has to walk on legos and drown in his least favorite flavor of kool aid after hextall grows a f***ing pair of balls

 

[Psuhockey]

As I said yesterday, I still expect us to be in that 13-16 range when it's all said and done.

There is a good chance that this team just quits on Hakstol and drops to the bottom of the NHL. Add in some injuries which it seems like it might be that kind of year and the team could finish way worse than 13-16. I don’t think top 5 bad but maybe 5-10 bad.

 

[Striiker]

25th in the league now and only Montreal, Buffalo, and Florida are worse in the Eastern Conference.

They're 3 points behind the last wildcard spot (Capitals) with one game in hand.

Also 5 points behind 3rd in the Met (Penguins) with two games in hand.

As much as you guys want to act like the sky is falling, it really isn't.

The standings are crowded as f***. The difference between 10th best and 26th best is 4 points.

 

[Curufinwe]

There is a good chance that this team just quits on Hakstol and drops to the bottom of the NHL.

Which players are going to do that? A lot of them are on short term deals and every point and good performance is worth money to them on their next contract. And I don't see the key guys who are signed long term (Jake, Coots, G and Ghost) as the types to dog it.

 

[Tripod]

They're 3 points behind the last wildcard spot (Capitals) with one game in hand.

Also 5 points behind 3rd in the Met (Penguins) with two games in hand.

As much as you guys want to act like the sky is falling, it really isn't.

The standings are crowded as ****. The difference between 10th best and 26th best is 4 points.

And we have yet to start playing the East teams. 17 of our first 21 games are against the West. After the Vancouver game, that changes.

Win games against the East and you make up ground quicker.

Look at it this way, we are just out yet have had to dress Alt as a Dman for a bunch of games, gotten nothing from our bottom 9, had Patrick miss more games than he has played, and gotten screwed over a few games by the refs...and Haktard.

Long season to go...just have to win in spite of our coach not with his help.