GDT: G58: Wild vs Devils 7:30PM CT/3:30AM Finland (FSN)

[57special]

Watching this press conference I can't help but feel bad for Bruce.

Maybe getting let go would be a good thing for him...

Win percentage wise, this is the worst team that BB has ever coached.

 

[NHL1674]

Trading Zucker, Granlund, Staal, Spurgeon, Dubnyk - that has to bring back a metric **** ton right?

Not with the way some of them are playing.

 

[Wabit]

Win percentage wise, this is the worst team that BB has ever coached.

Probably the worst talent he's ever tried to coach too.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Probably the worst talent he's ever tried to coach too.

Somewhat incredible what he was able to do with this team the last 2 years. BB is a good coach. However, I don’t think he’s the man for the job anymore. We need to bring someone in whose onboard with developing our players, as opposed to winning at all costs which is the style we play now.

 

[2Pair]

Somewhat incredible what he was able to do with this team the last 2 years. BB is a good coach. However, I don’t think he’s the man for the job anymore. We need to bring someone in whose onboard with developing our players, as opposed to winning at all costs which is the style we play now.

They're not going to find a better coach

 

[Bazeek]

They're not going to find a better coach

Dean Evason, here we come.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

They're not going to find a better coach

Did I say we need to find a better coach? No. Boudreaux however is concerned with winning cups and this team is obviously years away from that stage. It’s more of a let Boudreau do his own thing because we aren’t going to give him what he needs to be successful for the foreseeable future.

 

[2Pair]

Did I say we need to find a better coach? No. Boudreaux however is concerned with winning cups and this team is obviously years away from that stage. It’s more of a let Boudreau do his own thing because we aren’t going to give him what he needs to be successful for the foreseeable future.

Any coach in the NHL should be concerned with winning cups. That's the job.

 

[57special]

I'd rather keep BB. It's the vets and players in their prime that are not performing, not the young players. Development is not the problem. Talent, and perhaps, entitlement, is.

 

[2Pair]

Dean Evason, here we come.

I would hope Fenton can do better than that

 

[Bazeek]

I would hope Fenton can do better than that

I would too, but he seems to really like guys he's familiar with. The comment he made very early on, possibly at the introductory press conference, about wanting to build the organization like a "family" has kind of haunted me for months now.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

I would too, but he seems to really like guys he's familiar with. The comment he made very early on, possibly at the introductory press conference, about wanting to build the organization like a "family" has kind of haunted me for months now.

I wouldn’t mind Tim Army, personally. I can’t say I know too much about him but he seems to have done a good job with Iowa.

 

[57special]

Some random AHL guy, instead of Bruce Boudreau. Great.

 

[Soldier13Fox]

BB is certainly not the problem here.... But he's going to be a casualty

 

[Bazeek]

I wouldn’t mind Tim Army, personally. I can’t say I know too much about him but he seems to have done a good job with Iowa.

He seems to have done a good job there and it'd excite me a little more than Evason, but it still seems like such a low-rent move for a team with any sort of immediate aspirations. I strongly suspect it'd come down to one of those two, though.

I also realize it's ridiculous to be having this conversation without any official hint that Boudreau is gone, but that's just how this **** works, isn't it?

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Some random AHL guy, instead of Bruce Boudreau. Great.

Not necessarily random. I just like the fact that Tim has gotten the most out of his players in Iowa, which is something That has been a problem here since forever. Obviously you don’t just blindly hire the guy as HC, but I wouldn’t mind giving him a shot as an assistant for a while and grooming him. BB was once a random AHL coach. If the plan is to compete in the next 2 years, then Yeah keep bb. But I just don’t see him sticking around if we continue on this path.

 

[2Pair]

He seems to have done a good job there and it'd excite me a little more than Evason, but it still seems like such a low-rent move for a team with any sort of immediate aspirations. I strongly suspect it'd come down to one of those two, though.

I also realize it's ridiculous to be having this conversation without any official hint that Boudreau is gone, but that's just how this **** works, isn't it?

When you put your ass on the line by guaranteeing the playoffs, and your team responds by blowing a 3-1 and 4-1 lead at home? You're in trouble.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

He seems to have done a good job there and it'd excite me a little more than Evason, but it still seems like such a low-rent move for a team with any sort of immediate aspirations. I strongly suspect it'd come down to one of those two, though.

I also realize it's ridiculous to be having this conversation without any official hint that Boudreau is gone, but that's just how this **** works, isn't it?

Yeah. I agree we haven’t gotten any indication. I think the speculation just comes with the team’s direction changing. BB’s job was safe when we looked as if we were atleast a playoff lock. Now with this team looking like it could land a top 10 pick, the approach may be vastly different. Again, it’s just throwing shit at the wall but why not?

 

[Bazeek]

When you put your ass on the line by guaranteeing the playoffs, and your team responds by blowing a 3-1 and 4-1 lead at home? You're in trouble.

Certainly makes it a lot easier to not miss whoever ends up getting shipped out.

 

[Wabit]

Certainly makes it a lot easier to not miss whoever ends up getting shipped out.

Until they go on a 12 game PPG run and start scoring lots of goals...

 

[2Pair]

Certainly makes it a lot easier to not miss whoever ends up getting shipped out.

Until you see who we get for them

 

[Bazeek]

Until you see who we get for them

Oi.

 

[BlackBusa24]

BB is certainly not the problem here.... But he's going to be a casualty

Very true

 

[Wabit]

Who are we all kidding there is 5 games until the TDL? 5 game win streak incoming.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Who are we all kidding there is 5 games until the TDL? 5 game win streak incoming.

You’ve been posting fire today