I'd like to see them give him 10-12 minutes for a couple games. They're already in "throw shit at the wall and hope something sticks" mode anyway, so it can't hurt.
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I'd like to see them give him 10-12 minutes for a couple games. They're already in "throw shit at the wall and hope something sticks" mode anyway, so it can't hurt.
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There have been a lot of terrible games lately all turning into losses. The discussion /conversation here during the games and after the games is always the same. That suggests the fans know there are major issues with this team.
So here is the question: from the ownership down does this management team want to win? They see what we see. This group of players are worse than the group that played in the playoffs last season.
Observation: they are filling seats at home with this group of players and coaches.
So here is the question: from the ownership down does this management team want to win? They see what we see. This group of players are worse than the group that played in the playoffs last season.
Observation: they are filling seats at home with this group of players and coaches.
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Would it really surprise anyone if they sent back McLeod and brought up Gabriel? I forget when we had our little stupid Gazdic call up in 2016.
Holy shit, we were 12-10-6 before he played a game that year and his first game was on December 15th.
Holy shit, we were 12-10-6 before he played a game that year and his first game was on December 15th.
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Oops! One of my posts disappeared and I went back and edited it after the original one posted 3 times! Haha, anyway, my original post was
I think ownership and management wants to win, just not sure if it's this year.
I think some of us were prepared that we may miss the playoffs this year, even though we were optimistic. i always thought it was 50/50, but I figured we'd be a 90-ish point team if we missed. I think our odds were something like 90 points? Upper 80's/lower 90's. Something like that. So to finish with 75 points, which is our current pace, that would be very underachieving.
So I look at the roster and there's 6 guys that are anywhere from slightly underachieving to massively underachieving. The underachievers are seriously outnumbering the overachievers by 2 to 1 or close to it.
The underachievers would be Zacha, Johansson, Wood, Schneider, Noesen, Butcher. That's 6 right there. The overachievers would be Zajac, Coleman, Mueller. Maybe Palmieri? That's still 6 to 4 if you wanna count him. And really, Zajac is only doing what he's doing because Zacha went 12 games without a point and still has 0 assists in 19 games played this season. So we've had to play Zajac on scoring lines out of necessity. Johansson has heated up a bit lately, but still on pace for just 33 or 34 points. Wood had one f***in lousy point in the entire month of November and played all f***in 15 games of it. Looks like he was benched last night. He might be the scratch for Gabriel tonight. Schneider has played like a 52 year old that's come out of retirement to play in the current NHL. Has only played one decent game in 5 starts and it was a game where he allowed both goals in the first 30 seconds. Noesen hasn't done anything worth mentioning and Butcher has been as invisible as anybody on the power play.
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I should have qualified win better. Win with this team IMO, would be making the playoffs again. Before the off-season I felt we would be back again to the playoffs this season . After the off season, before any game was played, I felt this team wouldn't make the playoffs based on the off season activities, coming and going of players. I didn't feel that Ray hadn't done enough for the defence and I expected Schneider to be a slow, if ever, come back from surgery along with the need of another top 6 forward. Therefore the question about ownership and management wanting to win. I agree with you probably not this season. That's disappointing to me. To me a rebuild is slowly getting better not going backwards. Therefore, I am writing off this season based on what we have coaching and player wise today if changes are made then that's a different story.
There is always next year.
Go Devils.
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Rebuilding isn't linear. We're still moving in a good direction. We have to be patient and the opportunities will come.
They DESPERATELY need a new coaching staff. It’s not even debatable anymore. The team is absolutely lost. I still can’t understand how one player splits two of your d-men twice in the same game. Unless it’s prime #99 coming at you, it’s inexcusable, but somehow not surprising with some of the shit we constantly see.
I fully realize sacking Hynes won’t cure everything. Shit, it may not actually do a damn thing as far as actual results are concerned. I mean who is getting anything more out of a doofus like Wood? Who the hell is rebuilding Greene? The list goes on. But what can maybe happen is that the team can at least start playing a structured game and with some f***ing purpose for a change. It’s not so much the losing as it is the awful brand of hockey they play. You have to realize that we are only at December 1st as of today. Just imagine another four full months of this. Something has to give here.
I don’t have much faith in the roster being improved anytime soon so I truly hope the alarm sounded for Shero a few weeks back and he’s been looking into temporary coaching options for the rest of the season. Unfortunately, I don’t think it will happen but I hope that I’m wrong. This season is in the shitter but they have to try to salvage something from it. I can’t see that happening with this staff in place.
I fully realize sacking Hynes won’t cure everything. Shit, it may not actually do a damn thing as far as actual results are concerned. I mean who is getting anything more out of a doofus like Wood? Who the hell is rebuilding Greene? The list goes on. But what can maybe happen is that the team can at least start playing a structured game and with some f***ing purpose for a change. It’s not so much the losing as it is the awful brand of hockey they play. You have to realize that we are only at December 1st as of today. Just imagine another four full months of this. Something has to give here.
I don’t have much faith in the roster being improved anytime soon so I truly hope the alarm sounded for Shero a few weeks back and he’s been looking into temporary coaching options for the rest of the season. Unfortunately, I don’t think it will happen but I hope that I’m wrong. This season is in the shitter but they have to try to salvage something from it. I can’t see that happening with this staff in place.
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Maybe they should bench Mueller again. How dare he play well?!?
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If Hynes won't play him let him get quality ice time in Bing
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Nope, still embarassed
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Jacques Lemaire turned far worse teams around. Either shake up the line up with a fair trade or change coaches.
You need to try a little harder Ray, going down the same path doesn't tell you anything and this obviously isn't working. Do something!
You need to try a little harder Ray, going down the same path doesn't tell you anything and this obviously isn't working. Do something!
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Caps fan here. Just wanna say that the Devils didnt play a bad game. They owned us in that 2nd period. Just couldn't finish.
I have to say I thought the Reffing was pretty bad in this one. It started with the call on Wilson. Sorry guys but that was a bad call and I think the refs knew it and started calling makeup calls. I got to be honest I never did see the butt end. They never did show the replay. Did it even happen? And the penalty to give us the 5 on 3 was a joke. He was just playing defence. The refs also let the Caps get away with some stuff in that 3rd period. There was at least 2 calls that should have been made against the Caps.
I have to say I thought the Reffing was pretty bad in this one. It started with the call on Wilson. Sorry guys but that was a bad call and I think the refs knew it and started calling makeup calls. I got to be honest I never did see the butt end. They never did show the replay. Did it even happen? And the penalty to give us the 5 on 3 was a joke. He was just playing defence. The refs also let the Caps get away with some stuff in that 3rd period. There was at least 2 calls that should have been made against the Caps.
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You know it's bad when other teams fans come to say it's not so bad. We are freaking pitiful. Our team stinks, we know it. Thanks though.
maacoshark
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We didnt really out play you guys. We buried our chances and Holtby made some big saves.
From watching this game I dont see your team needing an overhaul.
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Wait a second.. am I not understanding this?
You are actually defending Wilson? Bad call?
That was an egregiously flagrant attempt to injure. It was an elbow to the head from behind on a defenseless player without the puck...you literally can't make up a worse scenario.
Wilson will be suspended for that play, it's just a matter of how long.
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Bad call.
He miss called it as check to the head I think, but he deserved to be ejected from the game for that based on interference or hit from behind. Either one fits the exact rule book for that hit.
Blind side hit. Luckily shoulder first. Wilson deserves another big suspensionBad call.
He miss called it as check to the head I think, but he deserved to be ejected from the game for that based on interference or hit from behind. Either one fits the exact rule book for that hit.
Missed the game last night. Just saw the replay. Didn't look like a check to the head. It was absolutely interference and a check to the back to me though. Also 100% intentional as he drove through him. Wilson's shoulder never flinched back.
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When I watched the replay it looked like an elbow to the head to me...
But regardless what really stands out is the path Wilson took. There was no reason for the confrontation.... the puck was in the corner at the time of the hit. Wilson went to the player without the puck....the path he took alone is clear intent.
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We'll see how the league decides. 3 games I'm guessing.
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you know how easy it is to turn and avoid Seney there? really really really easy and it doesn't affect the play in any way.
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