The season is still ****ing salvageable.
I think if we lose the next game Todd has to get fired the heat is scorching hot right now
Without taking too much influence from all the negative posts I honestly feel Chia has done a bad job, bad enough to justify firing him. However, I also feel this season can still be salvaged. The team is capable of doing well enough to get to the playoffs and maybe even more. The following moves could do wonders:
1. A new coach. It's actually very rare (at least for me) to have such a strong feeling the coach is behind so many problems. Better PP and PK, better usage of players, wiser and more stable lines, better development and communication... Fixing all or even most of them would help a lot.
2. Koskinen. If the team keeps playing like they've done with Koskinen and if Koskinen keeps this level or even keeps getting better with more experience in NA that'll provide quite a few extra points. After all even this season the record with Koskinen is good and time will tell if it keeps staying like that.
3. Help from Bakersfield. Puljujarvi scored 6+3 in 12 games last November with practically no PP time, so if he could get back to that level with the help of Woodcroft and the new Oilers coach that'd help the team a lot. Then there's e.g. Yamo, who could hopefully be at a whole new level by spring.
4. Hopefully at least one good move from Chia, at least to provide a good enough 3C to replace Strome.
