WCQF Game 5: Jets vs Blues | 7:30pm CT | USA,CBC, TVAS, SN360, FS-MW

[Lilou]

Wow impressive comeback! Jets had this. Yikes.

 

[BuLLeT1291]

Not luck. Bennington is way better.

Tell that to Jets fans. They swear it’s all luck. Lol

 

[AlphaLackey]

Regardless how this series goes down I want Maurice fired.

He is a worthless coach.

Two factors here:

1) he is undoubtedly one of the worst coaches in the league
2) the jury is still very much out on how much impact the coach can actually have on a team, given issues of player talent and variance being much more significant.

Having said that, is there a current NHL coach that wouldn't be an upgrade on Maurice? The only worse one during the year I could think of was Todd "optics is for nerds, Russell is actually good IDGAF" McLellan.

At the end of the day, I stand by position that virtually all head coaches have relatively insignificant statistical impact on the team, maybe even not justifying the cost against the cap (if they count?), and that true visionary geniuses like Nielsen or even Roy come around once a generation.

 

[Louie the Blue]

Can we all please mention how Binnington made a nice pad save on Laine with under a minute to go?

 

[Jozay]

I dont trust the Blues. Jets still have a shot.

 

[Heldig]

Kudos to the Blues. They never gave up. Jets this year cant hold a lead to save their lives. Need new coaching and a better mix of smart 200 foot players.
I am very sad.

 

[heretik27]

Can we all please mention how Binnington made a nice pad save on Laine with under a minute to go?

Just B-b-b-b-b-innie and the Jets things. We're used to it. That's why we go nuts when we actually score on him.

 

[tntkid]

Tell that to Jets fans. They swear it’s all luck. Lol

Some of the saves Binnington has made in this series are pure luck and he is playing at an unsustainable level.

His luck will run out eventually in the playoffs and he will get figured out.

 

[Kreegz2]

At the end of the day, I stand by position that virtually all head coaches have relatively insignificant statistical impact on the team, maybe even not justifying the cost against the cap (if they count?), and that true visionary geniuses like Nielsen or even Roy come around once a generation.

So would you say that Torterella's coaching had little impact on the Blue Jackets' victory over the Lightning?

 

[bluefan]

Not luck. Bennington is way better.

He's carrying for sure, just like how Helle did for us last playoffs. Hopefully your GM doesn't give him a $6.1M multi year contract after one good season like ours did. And the time before that with Pavelec. I can still feel the pains from that one.

 

[A Loyal Dog]

Lol, Winnipeg, you f***ed up.

 

[34]

Tell that to Jets fans. They swear it’s all luck. Lol

Not even close. I hope the Blues stomp the Jets and send them packing.

 

[RoccoF14]

Win a home game, win a series....

 

[AlphaLackey]

Not luck. Bennington is way better.

Binnington is the inferior goaltender, though not nearly by as large a degree as Jets fans (including myself) might chirp about.

 

[bluefan]

So would you say that Torterella's coaching had little impact on the Blue Jackets' victory over the Lightning?

Trotz and Isles are the better example.

 

[Matt24]

Some of the saves Binnington has made in this series are pure luck and he is playing at an unsustainable level.

His luck will run out eventually in the playoffs and he will get figured out.

So basically he’s this year’s Hellebuyck.

 

[heretik27]

Rangers fans weren't lying when they said Hayes is a great 2 way player.

Funny at the time, but takes on a whole new meaning when it means not going up 3-0 in a game we lose in the final seconds of regulation.

 

[HarrisonFord]

The funny thing is I see so many parallels between Leafs and Jets.

Ehlers/Nylander: Skilled “soft” Euros who disappear when games get tough.
Gardiner/Trouba: Skilled American dmen on expiring deals prone to big mistakes at worst times.

Two is so many? Lol

 

[tntkid]

So would you say that Torterella's coaching had little impact on the Blue Jackets' victory over the Lightning?

Tortorella is one of the main reasons that Columbus beat Tampa and he is a really good coach.

Maurice is a clown and I wish we would have went after Trotz or Quenneville.

We are f***ed with this bum of a coach behind our bench.

 

[RickedEm]

Some of the saves Binnington has made in this series are pure luck and he is playing at an unsustainable level.

His luck will run out eventually in the playoffs and he will get figured out.

Blues fans have been hearing that for 3 months, give it up .

 

[Plub]

Some of the saves Binnington has made in this series are pure luck and he is playing at an unsustainable level.

His luck will run out eventually in the playoffs and he will get figured out.

Okey dokey bud. At that point, the Jets will be out and you won't have to worry about it.

 

[Matt24]

Two is so many? Lol

More than two, I just didn’t want to belabour the point. Calm down there, Indy. They are constructed very similarly.

 

[tntkid]

Blues fans have been hearing that for 3 months, give it up .

Very short sample size and there is not a book out on him yet by all the other nhl teams.

Where would you guys be without him right now stealing games?

 

[heretik27]

Blues fans have been hearing that for 3 months, give it up .

Fleury heard it all last playoffs too. If we keep trying, maybe it'll work for us in game 6 and 7 rather than the Stanley Cup Finals heh

 

[TheGoldenGod]

Credit to Berube and the changes he made to spark the offense in the 3rd. Perron ROR Tarasenko looked good and Schenn really turned it on with Schwartz and Sunny/Steen. Need to see more of that from him.