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Vatanen is a better all-around guy that most people realize but yeah, that's not ideal.
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The Devils are now 16-27-5 since John Hynes was given a multi-year extension on January 3rd. Only th
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Vatanen is a better all-around guy that most people realize but yeah, that's not ideal.
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Butcher had a great game, Vatanen wasn't that bad either. The rest...
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I actually like Vatanen a whole lot - he's like our only true 2 way defenseman (besides maybe the corpse of Andy Greene).
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It's kind of hard to succeed with this kind of goaltending that he's had for going on 4 years now. but Schneider's play in 15-16 probably bought him at least one more year than he would have had.
He's really not a good head coach at all. I'm sure if he inherited a stacked roster he could make the playoffs and maybe even win some rounds, but he doesn't do anything to help you at all.
I've always thought he sucked as a head coach in the NHL, but my absolute breaking point came when he was quoted as saying that Kevin Rooney gets the puck out of the D-zone very quickly or something like that.
That tells me he's a coach that doesn't really value puck possession or scoring chances. That was an absolutely unnecessary comment to make. It's not like he just gave a generic comment to try to say this player was good. That shows me he really believes that and he's even dumber than I ever thought he was.
He's really not a good head coach at all. I'm sure if he inherited a stacked roster he could make the playoffs and maybe even win some rounds, but he doesn't do anything to help you at all.
I've always thought he sucked as a head coach in the NHL, but my absolute breaking point came when he was quoted as saying that Kevin Rooney gets the puck out of the D-zone very quickly or something like that.
That tells me he's a coach that doesn't really value puck possession or scoring chances. That was an absolutely unnecessary comment to make. It's not like he just gave a generic comment to try to say this player was good. That shows me he really believes that and he's even dumber than I ever thought he was.
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keep blaming goaltending and schneider? okay...they have blackwood who played much better than that sieve last year, why isn't he starting?
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There’s a ton of blame to go around
1) Hynes and his staff are atrocious, especially Kowalsky(runs the electric o/18 PP we have)
2) Defense as a whole is terrible; Greene is way past it, Subban is a shell of his former self, Severson has no clue how to play defense, Carrick/Mueller aren’t NHL players. Vatanen and Butcher are the only decent ones and Butcher really isn’t great in his own zone.
3) Goalies just aren’t good, Schneider can still have a good game here and there but injuries have taken their toll. Blackwood stinks.
4) Top guys up front have not shown up at all. Hall has been mostly terrible, Nico has been a complete no-show, Palmieri disappears periods at a time. Hughes has gotten better each game but wasn’t ready to be a center imo.
Crazy that the season started 10 days ago and it’s practically over already. They’re going to get hammered by the Rags on Thursday and if nothing happens after that than Shero might as well get his marching orders too.
and yeah it’s easy to change the coach instead of blaming the guys on the ice but I haven’t seen a team look so lost and uninspired since the MacLean nightmare of 2010.
1) Hynes and his staff are atrocious, especially Kowalsky(runs the electric o/18 PP we have)
2) Defense as a whole is terrible; Greene is way past it, Subban is a shell of his former self, Severson has no clue how to play defense, Carrick/Mueller aren’t NHL players. Vatanen and Butcher are the only decent ones and Butcher really isn’t great in his own zone.
3) Goalies just aren’t good, Schneider can still have a good game here and there but injuries have taken their toll. Blackwood stinks.
4) Top guys up front have not shown up at all. Hall has been mostly terrible, Nico has been a complete no-show, Palmieri disappears periods at a time. Hughes has gotten better each game but wasn’t ready to be a center imo.
Crazy that the season started 10 days ago and it’s practically over already. They’re going to get hammered by the Rags on Thursday and if nothing happens after that than Shero might as well get his marching orders too.
and yeah it’s easy to change the coach instead of blaming the guys on the ice but I haven’t seen a team look so lost and uninspired since the MacLean nightmare of 2010.
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I am of the opinion that you have to fight for your season here and remove the head coach. I'm not a hockey student to identify definitively how much of this falls on Hynes but I suspect its alot and even if it isnt, changing nothing and letting this team slide into obscurity is not acceptable after the 7 years they have had and the summer that they had. Not ok to be done by Halloween all that considered. My hope for this year was a playoff berth and a feeling that this team is rising. My minimum requirement was meaningful games in March. Thats really the bottom line for me.
As for replacements, I know its random, but would Ken Hitchcock make sense? I'm just thinking about a guy with some gravitas in the NHL coming in and being able to swing a big stick, even if it is entirely interim.
Promoting assistants or an AHL coach does not seem to be a good option here.
As for replacements, I know its random, but would Ken Hitchcock make sense? I'm just thinking about a guy with some gravitas in the NHL coming in and being able to swing a big stick, even if it is entirely interim.
Promoting assistants or an AHL coach does not seem to be a good option here.
For your consideration: 2 of the last 8 Stanley Cup Champions have won the trophy with interim head coaches after initial head coaches were fired for poor performance during the season (2019 St Louis & 2012 Los Angeles).
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Seems like the coaching isn’t helping at all.
But people also had too high expectations for them. They weren’t good last year and since then they added nice names but every one has some serious question marks. People assumed all the questions would be answered positively and now it turns out they’re not.
But people also had too high expectations for them. They weren’t good last year and since then they added nice names but every one has some serious question marks. People assumed all the questions would be answered positively and now it turns out they’re not.
But...he won a Norris while playing for Montreal in a half season six years ago!
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We are a team loaded to overflowing with high risk/high reward 'talent' guys. We just don't have any hockey players... and specifically, anyone who can play defense.
We'll surprisingly go on a streak or two, winning games 5-3 and such - but we'll lose to any team that knows how to be patient and wait for our D to implode and desperation cross-ice-passitis to set in.
We'll surprisingly go on a streak or two, winning games 5-3 and such - but we'll lose to any team that knows how to be patient and wait for our D to implode and desperation cross-ice-passitis to set in.
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They had a ton of injuries to key players and historically terrible goaltending last year as well. They may very well have been overhyped here, but their roster should be better than how they have performed so far. Not just in wins/losses either, their performance overall has been atrocious in most games.
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I have no doubt that coaching is a large issue, but their roster construction has a few issues as others have pointed out. Left side defence is very weak as well as the lack of two way defensemen. Leads to a lot of goals against especially when their goaltending is less than ideal. I think it’s going to be another rough season for them, hopefully they can get going a bit and get some value out of Hall, Vatanen, Greene, and Simmonds around the trade deadline.
On the bright side they are still young. Hughes, Hischier, and Smith should be long term building blocks for the team. They are going to have a ton of cap room this offseason. Hopefully they can find a Marleau and a 1st type trade to use the cap space wisely. Their are going to be a ton of teams in a cap crunch so it’ll be a good time to try and collect some more talent.
On the bright side they are still young. Hughes, Hischier, and Smith should be long term building blocks for the team. They are going to have a ton of cap room this offseason. Hopefully they can find a Marleau and a 1st type trade to use the cap space wisely. Their are going to be a ton of teams in a cap crunch so it’ll be a good time to try and collect some more talent.
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This x10000000.
When we traded Larsson that was the last of our defenseman that could actually shut down the opposition's stars.
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Bergevin sent me an offer sheet
I'm calling it right now, Bruce Boudreau is the next coach of the New Jersey Devils after Hynes is fired and BB is fired by the Minnesota Wild.
