I actually prefer an engaged owner as long as it doesn't go too far. When the owner doesn't care you get a situation like the Islanders where Garth Snow has been allowed to ruin the whole team no questions asked.
Benny FTW
Anderson was fantastic in Macleans first season.
Fantastic?
Anderson's GAA was 2.84 for 37th in the league and his save percentage .914 for 25th in the league.
Alex Auld was back up.So the Sens didn't get by on great goal tending that year.
They were picked to come in last by a number of pundits. Maclean was a Jack Adams nominee that year and it sure wasn't because of his goaltenders.
If you really think that is the situation on long island, you are way off base.
Garth Snow is making every move he can with a budget that is tighter and harder than Ottawa's. Wang is nutso. A far worse owner than we have ever seen.
The guy is looking to sell the team just before they move to a new arena where people think they will reach new revenue records not seen before for the Islanders. The guy is buying high, selling low.
There was talk that Cameron was hired because of Melnyk.
Imagine what our special teams would look like if there was a guy that MacLean selected instead of that bozo. Mac ran the special teams in Detroit. When he was there, their PP and PK were in the top 10. Sometimes top 5.
Benny FTW
Anderson was fantastic in Macleans first season.
Fantastic?
Anderson's GAA was 2.84 for 37th in the league and his save percentage .914 for 25th in the league.
Alex Auld was back up.So the Sens didn't get by on great goal tending that year.
They were picked to come in last by a number of pundits. Maclean was a Jack Adams nominee that year and it sure wasn't because of his goaltenders.
If you really think that is the situation on long island, you are way off base.
Garth Snow is making every move he can with a budget that is tighter and harder than Ottawa's. Wang is nutso. A far worse owner than we have ever seen.
The guy is looking to sell the team just before they move to a new arena where people think they will reach new revenue records not seen before for the Islanders. The guy is buying high, selling low.
There was talk that Cameron was hired because of Melnyk.
Imagine what our special teams would look like if there was a guy that MacLean selected instead of that bozo. Mac ran the special teams in Detroit. When he was there, their PP and PK were in the top 10. Sometimes top 5.
I guess his stats weren't good but i remember Anderson being pretty good. Maybe it was just low standards due to Elliott.
This morning after listening to Gord Wilson . it looks like Maclean is going to be made the scapegoat and heaved overboard by Murray.
According to Gord, the team itself is just fine and has made the playoff for 2 years with the "essentially the same core group of players" in place?
Really Gord-dont you think there are maybe a couple of changes? Hmmm?
No word about the same coach being in place.
And then the assertion that the former wins had nothing to do with coaching but
were all about goal-tending-when two years ago the goal-tending was less than mediocre.
So it looks like any failures this year had to do with coaching and all the positive results for a supposedly rebuilding team the last two years had to do with superb management and goalkeeping..
I didn't think they would be that stupid. But after listening to Gord, Murray's mouth piece, I am starting to think I may wrong.
This morning after listening to Gord Wilson . it looks like Maclean is going to be made the scapegoat and heaved overboard by Murray.
Benny FTW
Anderson was fantastic in Macleans first season.
Fantastic?
Anderson's GAA was 2.84 for 37th in the league and his save percentage .914 for 25th in the league.
Alex Auld was back up.So the Sens didn't get by on great goal tending that year.
They were picked to come in last by a number of pundits. Maclean was a Jack Adams nominee that year and it sure wasn't because of his goaltenders.
So it's Maclean's fault that the goaltending saved us last season? Last I checked goalies are part of the team and have jobs to do. If Maclean gets fired then I won't bother cheering for the team until Murray is gone. If he thinks that changing the coach is going to magically turn things around he's delusional. A new coach won't be able to make our d-men smarter in our own zone. A new coach isn't going to make Phillips play like he did in his prime. Coaches are capable of adjusting the system but part of the problem is if you don't have the right players for the system. Playing a puck possession style requires you to have smart players and we have too many dumb ones. I'm pretty sure Mac isn't telling the players to handle the puck like a grenade in their own zone or to chase players around in their own zone instead of boxing players out front.
My personal opinion is that if MacLean is indeed let go, this is a decision coming from Melnyk. I don't think Murray is that foolish, and I think there are a lot of things pointing to Melnyk making the call, whether they be rumor, speculation or whatever... where there's smoke, you know...
- The rumors floating around about Melnyk offering coaching strategies
- Melnyk is rash and seems to make hasty decisions based in emotion
- It's Melnyk's money. It's one thing to burn your own money, it's quite another to have someone burn it for you
- Melnyk's dealings with Alfie, whether you believe them to be true or not, have made for VERY bad PR this year. Any link between Alfie leaving and the disastrous season that followed would be a nightmare for him, so focus the blame elsewhere.
Anyway, all just opinion...
Im just spitballing here but i wonder if that season's success can be attributed to Spezza and Karlsson carrying 18 other players into the playoffs on the back of Hart like worthy play from both of them.
Sandwiched in between that year and this one was a 48 game season where the goalies played at an all time NHL record pace.
Its almost as if those guys are critical to the team's success and also almost as if missing a year of hockey impacted their play and by extension the team.
weird...
We should keep Maclean as coach but hire a strong assistant to keep both Maclean and the players accountable.
If they fire the coach I might have to boycott the team for a year