Miscellaneous NHL Talk V7.0 - 2018/19 Regular Season

[TCTC]

Honestly, I would rather watch Hak hockey vs Berube hockey.

I think people forget how awful watching games were under Berube. And that is saying something because it's painful at times now as well.

Tbf, he also had a terrible team to work with. No Ghost, no Provorov. Our defense had guys like Colaiacovo, Grossmann and Nick Schultz. That was a rebuilding team.

 

[Rebels57]

Honestly, I would rather watch Hak hockey vs Berube hockey.

I think people forget how awful watching games were under Berube. And that is saying something because it's painful at times now as well.

It's pretty similar. Our 5v5 scoring was worse but so was our lineup by a considerable margin and at least our special teams were good.

Now we just suck all the way across the board.

 

[Rebels57]

Tbf, he also had a terrible team to work with. No Ghost, no Provorov. Our defense had guys like Colaiacovo, Grossmann and Nick Schultz. That was a rebuilding team.

This.

Way less talent to work with and still came pretty damn close to winning a playoff series against a Rangers team that ended up going to the Finals. We win that series if Mason started it.

He was an awful coach, but he was better than what Hakstol has been so far.

 

[deadhead]

Tbf, he also had a terrible team to work with. No Ghost, no Provorov. Our defense had guys like Colaiacovo, Grossmann and Nick Schultz. That was a rebuilding team.

Coburn, Streit, Kimmo and Grossman were the top four, L Schenn was #5 and Meszaros/Gustafsson #6 until Holmgren traded for MacDonald.
Mason overcame Emery to carry them to the playoffs.

The next season, Streit, MDZ, MacDonald, Schultz, Grossman, L Schenn were the defense, Coburn played 39 games and Colaiacovo 33.
But they actually gave up 4 less goals than the previous year.
Problem is they scored 20 less, Hartnell traded, Vinnie, Read fell off, Voracek had a big year, Giroux 36 ES points, no one else with 30.
Mason played out of his head (.928 S%), but Emery stunk (.894).

The offense didn't recover until the second half of last season, shows a few stars can't overcome a lack of depth.

 

[Curufinwe]

Does Price have the scariest contract in the league? He's at .900 since he signed it.

 

[Rebels57]

Does Price have the scariest contract in the league? He's at .900 since he signed it.

Absolutely. It's historically bad.

 

[Striiker]

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

What Is Hak May Never Die.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Edmonton and Chicago have similar records/points to the Flyers and they fired legit head coaches. Coaches that have either won the cup or taken them to the cup. Yet Hak is still here. f*** everything man...

Even Yeo has a better playoff track record (albeit, he's been in the league longer).

 

[deadhead]

Shows you Q isn't looking for any job, I'm sure he was the first phone call by both St Louis and Edmonton.
Edmonton and St Louis hired former Flyer retread coaches, that makes you want to fire Hakstol?

Firing a coach just to placate fans is silly, it's not like a new coach is going to perform miracles with Pickard and Lyon in goal.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Look, just call Chiarelli every day and see what shakes out.

Hell, you can hire someone to tail him and call the Batphone when he's triggered because a barista mistakenly gave him skim milk. There's no downside.

It's probably too late, though. This looks like a cleaning house in the offseason hire.

 

[ybnvs]

For what is dead may never die...

...but rises again, harder and stronger."

 

[David St Hubbins]

 

[Lindberg]

Shows you Q isn't looking for any job, I'm sure he was the first phone call by both St Louis and Edmonton.
Edmonton and St Louis hired former Flyer retread coaches, that makes you want to fire Hakstol?

Firing a coach just to placate fans is silly, it's not like a new coach is going to perform miracles with Pickard and Lyon in goal.

I love how you just change your argument after some coaches just got fired. Hitchcock is a dinosaur but at least he's a winner. Berube should just be an assistant and probably will just be an interim for the Blues.

Fact is Hakstol and Co. are garbage and need to be fired.

 

[freakydallas13]

Berube was actually a pretty good assistant while he was here. He kept our PK a well oiled machine.

He was a terrible HC though.

 

[Rebels57]

Hitch is one of the few guys I wouldn't want in place of Simple Hak. He also loves veteran try-hards and his system is even more joyless and boring. That's a pretty awful decision by the King of awful decisions, Peter Chiarelli.

 

[freakydallas13]

Hitch is one of the few guys I wouldn't want in place of Simple Hak. He also loves veteran try-hards and his system is even more joyless and boring. That's a pretty awful decision by the King of awful decisions, Peter Chiarelli.

This may be true, but at least Hitch's boring system wins games.

Honk's system is the worst of both worlds.

 

[Rebels57]

This may be true, but at least Hitch's boring system wins games.

Honk's system is the worst of both worlds.

I dunno. Under Hitch, Dallas finished 6 points behind the Flyers and out of the Playoffs last season with better goaltending and a similarly constructed roster.

 

[freakydallas13]

I dunno. Under Hitch, Dallas finished 6 points behind the Flyers and out of the Playoffs last season with better goaltending and a similarly constructed roster.

Fair point. But Hitch has a track record of success in the NHL at the very least. Still a better choice than Honk.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

I dunno. Under Hitch, Dallas finished 6 points behind the Flyers and out of the Playoffs last season with better goaltending and a similarly constructed roster.

they did learn how to play defense though.

 

[Tripod]

Hitch will be PC last hire.

 

[Tripod]

 

[Amorgus]

Sounds like we may have dodged a bullet with that Hitchcock hire. Also means one less team in the Q lottery, but I know deep in my heart we're not getting Q.

 

[David St Hubbins]

$10M+ per for Panarin? RUFKM?

 

[Amorgus]

$10M+ per for Panarin? RUFKM?

Takes a lot of dough to get that bread.