True, but I have to laugh at some of those on here that thought this team was going to be instantly transformed with a coaching change when we still have massive holes in goal, on defence, inexperience, bottom forward group, a top group that sometimes just wants to go their own way, and a GM that's also arguably well past his own due date.
I thought Woodcroft would give them a bump, which he did, but Mike Smith is still putrid as a goalie. But the organizational issues run very, very deep. A proactive org this offseason would've canned Tippett and gone after Gallant in addition to prioritizing goaltending above everything else. That the Oilers focused solely on Duncan Keith, who was basically theirs regardless, shows a distinct lack of vision by this team. This last offseason was an unmitigated disaster by the GM, and it should (but won't) cost him his job.
A very different situation. The Avs totally outshot and outplayed them, and have the best record in the NHL. We just finished losing to another also ran in Chicago the game before. What was distressing about this game, is that Montreal was the better team, for the most part. Apathy in one game for a top tier team is a lot more excusable, than a bunch of them for a team thinking they're good enough for a playoff spot and trying desperately to get there.
I haven't spent a dime on this org (save the occasional 50/50) in the past few years and see no reason to attend another game in that building. I'll happily go see them in California or Vegas or New York, but Katz deserves no revenue of mine. It's downright comical how often this organization gets everything wrong. Even the Cleveland Browns have managed to finally start looking like they know what they're doing.
And we can't even win lotteries properly, other than the McDavid one. We lucked (?) out in the Yak one, and the Nuge one, both of them weak years. Never got a sniff in the Matthews, McKinnon years.
Well we did win McDavid, so...
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