waffledave
waffledave, from hf
For real? See, at one point, some fanboy almost convinced me that just having a NHL team should be enough...lol
If we were that bad we'd be relegated to the AHL!
For real? See, at one point, some fanboy almost convinced me that just having a NHL team should be enough...lol
Another coach fired, that makes 4 already. What a season for coaches.
1) You cannot depend on your goalie to be your main star. There is just too much scoring now, even good goalies let in 3-4 goals often. Most teams have realized this. The best teams roll with 2 decent goalies and alternate them, because they end up having to work so much more now that playing one guy for 70 games will just lead to injuries and fatigue.
2) You absolutely need, at minimum, one star forward to compete. I'm not talking about a guy who puts up 75 pts. This is not good enough anymore, it isn't 2015. Last year, 75 pts was outside the top 30 in scoring. You need at least one guy capable of either 40 goals or 90-100 pts, or both. Preferably multiple guys. It may sound like a lot but it really isn't, most of the teams in our division have this already. We are in the minority because we don't have one. It's basically us, Ottawa and Detroit. In the Metro, you have New Jersey and Columbus, and maybe NYI but they are playing a fantastic team game. The rest of the teams all have at least one guy who will put up over 90 pts.
Your star cannot be your goalie, you will not be able to keep up.
Last year was kind of an anomaly, but I've always thought that cup contenders have at least two players that are top 5 in the world at their position, and if you don't have that, then 3 players that are top 10.
Blues - N/A
Ov/Backstrom/Holtby
Crosby/Malkin
Keith/Kane/Toews
Quick/Doughty/Kopitar
Chara/Thomas
Lidstrom/Zetterberg/Datsyuk
Pronger/Neidermayer
Carolina - NA
Are you new to the nhl?Is the arena usually this empty in Florida?
Are you new to the nhl?
I used to be very high on him, I'd consider taking a chance on the guy, although we'd have to clear some space in Laval I guess.
Edit : He cleared so no chance taken I guess.
Guy Boucher showing up a bit early on the show...
Last year was kind of an anomaly, but I've always thought that cup contenders have at least two players that are top 5 in the world at their position, and if you don't have that, then 3 players that are top 10.
Blues - N/A
Ov/Backstrom/Holtby
Crosby/Malkin
Keith/Kane/Toews
Quick/Doughty/Kopitar
Chara/Thomas
Lidstrom/Zetterberg/Datsyuk
Pronger/Neidermayer
Carolina - NA
last week i took a guess, before it's all said and done 10-15 coaches gone..imho..maybe a few Gm's will get sweep out the door also.......some current Jr coaches and Ahl coaches who'll never make it now, over for them too...
Babcock
Peters
Crawford
Jim Montgomery
Another one bites the dust: