The Negativity-Only Thread (A Place to go to vent)

jwhouk · Oct 7, 2013

Why do we always "need these two guys back"? We never seem to have enough depth or enough quality players where we could manage to get through the loss of a couple of players?

hockey diva · Oct 7, 2013

jwhouk said:
Why do we always "need these two guys back"? We never seem to have enough depth or enough quality players where we could manage to get through the loss of a couple of players?

Care to answer that Mr. "Can't Draft an Elite Forward" Poile?

We have the depth it just has no quality.

29dryden29 · Oct 7, 2013

Drake744 said:
Or just having a team with a lot of depth to begin with......

.......which we clearly don't.

That comes down to GM making bad moves or not making moves at all.

Roman Yoshi · Oct 7, 2013

So those Grabo and Brunner guys... wish Poile would've opened his wallet for them instead of fourth liners like Nystrom and Hendricks.

hockey diva · Oct 7, 2013

I honestly don't think Grabo would have fit in here. Nor do I think he wanted to come here. Brunner I think would have been intriguing. And Morrow would have been an upgrade over Nystrom, Hendricks and Gaustad for sure.

But our coach loves those grinders and so does the GM. And we are po dunk Nashvile, no one elite wants to play here anyway.

You're better off sticking with the Bruins, Yoshi.

jwhouk · Oct 8, 2013

If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts, what a lovely Christmas we'd have.

AdmiralsFan24 · Oct 8, 2013

Roman Yoshi said:
So those Grabo and Brunner guys... wish Poile would've opened his wallet for them instead of fourth liners like Nystrom and Hendricks.

I defended Poile for signing Cullen when a lot of people were against him but man, there is just no defending the Nystrom and Hendricks signings. I could handle one a short term deal but both of them for 4 years? That's ridiculous.

triggrman · Oct 8, 2013

Nystom has looked like a better signing than Cullen so far.

All the talk of Cullen being the number one center, right now I don't know if he's an upgrade over Spaling or not.

hockey diva · Oct 9, 2013

Still can't pass worth a damn

Eco · Oct 9, 2013

hockey diva said:
Still can't pass worth a damn

It's awful how poor we are and retaining posession of the puck.

AtlantaWhaler · Oct 9, 2013

If we're going to carry some tougher agitators on the 3rd and 4th line, that's great, but we're going to have to PK to go along with that idea.

hockey diva · Oct 9, 2013

Watching the Blues/Hawks. And seeing how much better they are compared to us. :help:

kypredsfan · Oct 9, 2013

hockey diva said:
Watching the Blues/Hawks. And seeing how much better they are compared to us.

Pretty entertaining game yes

worstfaceoffmanever · Oct 10, 2013

So, after four games, we're averaging 1.5 goals per game, the worst number in the Western Conference and the third-worst number in the league (Philadelphia and Buffalo are worse). We have the worst goal differential in the West at -7 (Edmonton is next with a -4 through 3 games). Our scoring defense (3.25 GA/G) ranks last in the division, 12th out of 14 in the West, and 24th in the league. Our power play is 19th with the 9th-most power play time in the league; our penalty kill is 26th with the 6th-most shorthanded time in the NHL. We're one of two teams that has yet to score first in a game; the other team is Dallas, which has only played two games. Oh, and Pekka Rinne's save percentage is .891.

Early returns don't win an election, but the Preds' early returns look really nasty. We have a 7-game road swing starting at the end of the month. We need to start gaining traction before then, or we could be in real trouble.

AEM6729 · Oct 11, 2013

AtlantaWhaler said:
If we're going to carry some tougher agitators on the 3rd and 4th line, that's great, but we're going to have to PK to go along with that idea.

Seriously. Can you believe our PK is so bad with all the f-ing grinders we have?! It's insane.

Top 6 Spaling · Oct 11, 2013

It's gonna be a long year, but if Nylander or Reinhart is at the end of the tunnel, it'll be easier to bear.

hockey diva · Oct 11, 2013

Can't pass, can't finish, yep that's Predators Hockey alright.

Roman Yoshi · Oct 11, 2013

Top 6 Spaling said:
It's gonna be a long year, but if Nylander or Reinhart is at the end of the tunnel, it'll be easier to bear.

#suckforsam

I mean really, this team is a mess. Bring up the young guys (Beck and Watson) sit the old guys and let's get the rebuild really started. Let's find out what we have in the stables.

Is it just me or is legwand done here? His time has evaporated, he isn't an assistant, haven't even noticed him on the ice.

hockey diva · Oct 11, 2013

Anyone want to bet on when Weber asks for a trade?

NoNecksCurse · Oct 11, 2013

those signings really look bad right now.... just can't stand the term with our young guys in the system.

oh, our offense is just a mess. just horrible. that will never change

I Will Son · Oct 11, 2013

We are playing the exact kind of hockey that represents the players on our team. It's not surprising.

I also think It's time for Trotz and Poile to go

AdmiralsFan24 · Oct 11, 2013

NoNecksCurse said:
just can't stand the term with our young guys in the system.

It's ridiculous. Okay if you don't think they're ready now, that's fine, find replacements for 1 or 2 years. Guys like Nystrom and Hendricks aren't players that warrant more than that many years yet we gave them twice that.

worstfaceoffmanever · Oct 11, 2013

NoNecksCurse said:
those signings really look bad right now.... just can't stand the term with our young guys in the system.

Cullen and Hendricks have been virtually useless, but I like Nystrom well enough. He moves his feet and uses his speed to make things happen. That said, there's no way he should have the second-most even-strength ice time among our forwards (only Fisher has more). Spaling shouldn't get more ESTOI per game than Wilson or Hornqvist. Why is Gaustad on the ice more than Legwand? What is going on in Barry Trotz's head?

If Poile thinks the team he put together should be competitive - which he has to, or he wouldn't have dropped so much money in free agency - and these results continue, I would be surprised to see Trotz retained for another year.

gopreds19 · Oct 11, 2013

hockey diva said:
Anyone want to bet on when Weber asks for a trade?

If Weber asks for a trade he can go **** himself. I still can see how Poile wasn't fired for the spring of 2012.

triggrman · Oct 11, 2013

worstfaceoffmanever said:
Cullen and Hendricks have been virtually useless, but I like Nystrom well enough. He moves his feet and uses his speed to make things happen. That said, there's no way he should have the second-most even-strength ice time among our forwards (only Fisher has more). Spaling shouldn't get more ESTOI per game than Wilson or Hornqvist. Why is Gaustad on the ice more than Legwand? What is going on in Barry Trotz's head?

If Poile thinks the team he put together should be competitive - which he has to, or he wouldn't have dropped so much money in free agency - and these results continue, I would be surprised to see Trotz retained for another year.

Totally agree with all of this.

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