It would give so many options in the future if Guhle can play the right side comfortably!! The whole dcore would be alot more balanced imo.
He can, and he has. He played lots on the right side towards the end of last year with Matheson as well.
Just curious... what's that reward we're talking about?
That's kind of a 500 000 too much for an offensive 2nd pairing dman though. It's not a bad contract but it's not really an optimal one for a team trying to pay their stars. Ideally he's a 3A-3B dman imo. Ideally you would want to have him at 4ish millions if possible. Again not an atrocious contract by any mean and i'm sure you can find many similar contracts but it's not really a team friendly one either.
Fair enough. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But for shits and giggles, please name the last coach you think was better than him. We're hovering near .500 and have skated stride for stride with the very best teams. And for context, working with such a injury-riddled lineup and a very young team. How many rookies did we start on D this year? And no Carey Price....I'll wait.
Agreed. He’s the best coach we’ve had in forever.
I think we have to overcome a significant amount of challenges other than Matheson's errors before we can worry about Cup victories. I am more modest in my expectations. Let's start by seeing if we can make the playoffs. Right now, with a largely devastated line-up (no Dach, Newhook, Anderson, Dvorak, etc.) we are a borderline playoff team. And Matheson's 26 minutes per game has played a large part in that overachievement. And this player, who is second in team scoring, is making this contribution on a contract that pays him under $5 million per annum. For what this player provides ( skill and leadership) and for what we are paying him, it's probably one of the best veteran contracts in the league.
I try not to engage in all or nothing thinking like you describe. I'm not saying Price was solely responsible for success. Nor am I saying MT was solely responsible for poor performances. But it sure is a major factor when you have arguably the best goalie on the planet. No offense to Montembault.
Pinto is betting against.When do we play Ottawa that will be THE loss.
Yes. And then, they went in a small tailspin, and Cassidy came in and all changed for the better.
I think we had experinced coaches who had not much in their hands and who had done fine, like them or not. Vigneault, J.Martin and Claude have all done quite well with what they had in their hands. Even Evil Therrien had good records. Injuries and rookies are good excuses. But when a team is always losing against weaker oppositions and have a negative record at home, it is troubling. This team is not really playing better now than it was two years ago when MSL started.
He started to play a tad dirty with Evans and didn't get called for an obvious penalty. Fans were merciless. Rightfully so.
