Anton Babchuk
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I would like to congratulate Paul Maurice for making the playoffs before the Hurricanes.
It is now more clear than ever that Mo was nothing more than a convenient scapegoat for ignorant fans and Luke DeCock.
In his second stint here as well as his time in Toronto, Mo's team's were consistently at or above the league average in goals-per-game until his final 25 games, yet he was constantly trashed for playing a "defensive style" that limited the allegedly amazing offensive talents of the Hurricanes.
He was criticized for "holding back" young players, aka Zac Dalpe and Zach Boychuk, who both have gone through multiple coaches and teams since and showed nothing (and let's not pretend he "ruined" them either; Dalpe and Mo only existed on the Hurricanes for a little over a year, with Dalpe being in the AHL the vast majority of that time; if someone "ruined" them it's the AHL head coach, but that is another discussion).
He was bashed for juggling the lines (nothing has changed; every coach does this), for being bad at shootouts (obviously a talent problem). He was criticized for playing "favorites" with Jiri Tlusty even though he would never play him in the top 6 or give him powerplay time (Tlusty wound up way better than any of the shiny prospects we had, by the way). He was criticized for JR's incompetence in signing noted food enthusiast Tomas Kaberle; you know, because Mo coached him and must have made the decision! Bashed for every single little problem that the team had. The savior Kirk Muller came in and fixed nothing, but the media decided to confirmation bias their way into deciding that he was going to lead the team to the promise land by writing 90,000 word articles on how good the team's powerplay percentage was over a span of four games. The team is god awful yet again but Bill Peters gets no criticism because he didn't play a boring, unwatchable trap style in the early 2000s with the Hurricanes, which everyone knows was the root cause for the Mo hatred in his second tenure. (Note: I don't think Peters is a bad coach; no coach would be successful with this garbage team)
I, for one, will be cheering on the Winnipeg Jets. I will not be watching them (since hockey is boring and Canada is bad), but I will be periodically checking boxscores.
Somewhere in an alternate universe there is a team with Paul Maurice, Peter Karmanos, Eric Staal, Joni Pitkanen, Alex Semin, Sandis Ozolinsh, and all of the other whipping boys that has won multiple Stanley Cups. Multiple. Stanley. Cups.
Also, if John-Michael Liles scores a point in his final game and Jeff Skinner does not, they will both finish with the same points-per-game this season.
It is now more clear than ever that Mo was nothing more than a convenient scapegoat for ignorant fans and Luke DeCock.
In his second stint here as well as his time in Toronto, Mo's team's were consistently at or above the league average in goals-per-game until his final 25 games, yet he was constantly trashed for playing a "defensive style" that limited the allegedly amazing offensive talents of the Hurricanes.
He was criticized for "holding back" young players, aka Zac Dalpe and Zach Boychuk, who both have gone through multiple coaches and teams since and showed nothing (and let's not pretend he "ruined" them either; Dalpe and Mo only existed on the Hurricanes for a little over a year, with Dalpe being in the AHL the vast majority of that time; if someone "ruined" them it's the AHL head coach, but that is another discussion).
He was bashed for juggling the lines (nothing has changed; every coach does this), for being bad at shootouts (obviously a talent problem). He was criticized for playing "favorites" with Jiri Tlusty even though he would never play him in the top 6 or give him powerplay time (Tlusty wound up way better than any of the shiny prospects we had, by the way). He was criticized for JR's incompetence in signing noted food enthusiast Tomas Kaberle; you know, because Mo coached him and must have made the decision! Bashed for every single little problem that the team had. The savior Kirk Muller came in and fixed nothing, but the media decided to confirmation bias their way into deciding that he was going to lead the team to the promise land by writing 90,000 word articles on how good the team's powerplay percentage was over a span of four games. The team is god awful yet again but Bill Peters gets no criticism because he didn't play a boring, unwatchable trap style in the early 2000s with the Hurricanes, which everyone knows was the root cause for the Mo hatred in his second tenure. (Note: I don't think Peters is a bad coach; no coach would be successful with this garbage team)
I, for one, will be cheering on the Winnipeg Jets. I will not be watching them (since hockey is boring and Canada is bad), but I will be periodically checking boxscores.
Somewhere in an alternate universe there is a team with Paul Maurice, Peter Karmanos, Eric Staal, Joni Pitkanen, Alex Semin, Sandis Ozolinsh, and all of the other whipping boys that has won multiple Stanley Cups. Multiple. Stanley. Cups.
Also, if John-Michael Liles scores a point in his final game and Jeff Skinner does not, they will both finish with the same points-per-game this season.
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