Stauffer is a shill.So is it Puljujarvi being demoted, or Strome being demoted?
The way Stauffer was describing the lines, he referred to Caggiula/Khaira/Puljujarvi as the 3rd line and Strome/Kassian/Reider as the 4th.
Stauffer is a shill.So is it Puljujarvi being demoted, or Strome being demoted?
The way Stauffer was describing the lines, he referred to Caggiula/Khaira/Puljujarvi as the 3rd line and Strome/Kassian/Reider as the 4th.
So is it Puljujarvi being demoted, or Strome being demoted?
The way Stauffer was describing the lines, he referred to Caggiula/Khaira/Puljujarvi as the 3rd line and Strome/Kassian/Reider as the 4th.
It's almost surreal seeing that lineup. It's unbelievable (or should I say believable) that Pulju continues to fester in the bottom 6 while Yamamoto, who hasn't done jack **** against NHL lineups, continues to get fed top 6 minutes.
It's not like Pulju has done much either but how can he when he gets zero trust from his coaches. I'm not even upset about it anymore, I'm just sad about it at this point.
I have a question for the few who still defend Mclellan. Who has developed in his 3 years here? McDavid doesn't count.
What bothers me is that I was very happy with the hire, unlike the previous ones in the DoD. I thought that they finally hired a qualified individual who wasn't a dinosaur (with all due respect to the late Pat Quinn) and this is what we get? It sucks man.
Don't like Jesse being demoted, BUT without line usage and ice time numbers we don't even know IF he's been demoted yet. So let's wait and see. On that note. Jesse has been invisible the last 3 games and took a dumb penalty last game, he hasn't been doing much lately. Which is really disappointing cause he looked amazing in that 1 game.
Man, same. I was so happy with McLellan's hire. Chia was the one I wasn't entirely happy with. I was so excited with the offensive style he had Team Canada playing at the World's before he started with us. And now look at him. Eugh.It's almost surreal seeing that lineup. It's unbelievable (or should I say believable) that Pulju continues to fester in the bottom 6 while Yamamoto, who hasn't done jack **** against NHL lineups, continues to get fed top 6 minutes.
It's not like Pulju has done much either but how can he when he gets zero trust from his coaches. I'm not even upset about it anymore, I'm just sad about it at this point.
I have a question for the few who still defend Mclellan. Who has developed in his 3 years here? McDavid doesn't count.
What bothers me is that I was very happy with the hire, unlike the previous ones in the DoD. I thought that they finally hired a qualified individual who wasn't a dinosaur (with all due respect to the late Pat Quinn) and this is what we get? It sucks man.
I like Yamo but was thinking the same thing. If the sole purpose is keeping his 2nd contract down, they may well do that while also ruining the best prospect that we've had outside of McDavid and maybe Drai since RNH and Hall. He plays a two way game so it's not like he is unaware of playing a two way game. We have one Lucic to bulldoze everyone out there and Kassian who SHOULD be doing it, Jesse needs to play a skilled game Todd, he wasn't drafted as a Smyth type you hard headed son of a gun.
Khaira is really the only one who I would say has positive development. But not sure you can say thats because of the coach.
Nurse has improved but once again I think thats mainly due to age and maturing.
Beyond that hes done more damage than good, imo. Its a young players league, you have to give them ice time. You have to put your players in positions to succeed (and fail), which TM doesnt do.
Even McDavid he is hurting imo, because of in ability to make adjustments (especially on the PP), he ends up hurting his offense (and ultimately less wins for the team).
I also think TM is really brutal with the way he handles goaltending.
Don't like Jesse being demoted, BUT without line usage and ice time numbers we don't even know IF he's been demoted yet. So let's wait and see. On that note. Jesse has been invisible the last 3 games and took a dumb penalty last game, he hasn't been doing much lately. Which is really disappointing cause he looked amazing in that 1 game.
Jesse Puljujarvi = Nail Yakupov at this point.
Their development path is so similar.
Jesse Puljujarvi = Nail Yakupov at this point.
Their development path is so similar.
I dont think they are comparable players at all ...
Only thing thats similar is the way the organization treats them.
Todd McLellan = Dallas Eakins at this point.
This team will continue to fail so long as it can’t develop is prospects properly.
They can't even develop their top prospects. We've complained for years that they can't develop outside of the 1st round. Well, they can't even develop their top 5 picks anymore under Mclellan.
BTW, this isn't based on just one game for those who want to cry out that this is an exaggeration based on just one game. There were major flaws in his coaching even in the good season but it was masked by several players playing at an elite level. Even that season, most of the depth players didn't play up to par. It was only late in the season that some of the non-McDavid, Draisaitl, Talbot, Larsson players woke up.
I dont even want Puljujarvi on the team at this point.. send him somewhere away from this toxic waste dump of an organization.