Around the League Thread | Pre-Season Approaches

[valkynax]

Doughty got a fractured ankle?

OUCH...

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Doughty got a fractured ankle?

OUCH...

Well, they were initially guessing a torn Achilles, so this is much better.

 

[valkynax]

Well, they were initially guessing a torn Achilles, so this is much better.

Yeah, I looked at the footage a couple of more times and it could've definitely ended much much worse. Almost as if his ankle was gonna bend into right angle, jeez.

Hope he'll be OK.

 

[arttk]

Yeah, I looked at the footage a couple of more times and it could've definitely ended much much worse. Almost as if his ankle was gonna bend into right angle, jeez.

Hope he'll be OK.

He turns 35 in Dec, I think this injury will be the point when his game starts to decline. I don’t know if I should feel bad because I’ve always hated him as a kings player.

 

[StreetHawk]

Yeah, I looked at the footage a couple of more times and it could've definitely ended much much worse. Almost as if his ankle was gonna bend into right angle, jeez.

Hope he'll be OK.

Injuries at his age are harder and harder to fully return to form from.

Can LA survive without his 25+ a minutes a game?

 

[Josepho]

I'd be extremely surprised if LA made the playoffs at this point. Even before the Doughty injury, I thought they had an extremely uninspiring offseason and I cannot imagine player morale is great there.

 

[arttk]

I'd be extremely surprised if LA made the playoffs at this point. Even before the Doughty injury, I thought they had an extremely uninspiring offseason and I cannot imagine player morale is great there.

Rob Blake will skate with the players until morale improves

 

[quat]

Very well said. I still find it incredible how so many people started blaming Green when the roster construction was 99% to blame.

As you said the many people jumping and piling on to call out Green should re-evaluate their understanding of what was happening on the team on that point. Obviously he is a good enough coach that informed hockey people keep giving him chances. Should tell people something. As you said it often takes a coach several iterations before they come into their own. He's just a regular coach who coached poorly built hockey teams.

Yes, but lets not forget that he had a big say in which players they signed. He's way worse than you're admitting despite being correct about how bad the rosters he had to work with. He got a massive amount of good will from the media and the fans for years, when frankly he deserved a little more pushback. I liked the hire and felt his frustration after they made the playoffs that one year, but he also played a part in how bad they were. If he had have been fired earlier, I suspect he'd have found another job sooner.

 

[Breakers]

Denisenko on waivers

podkolzin’s linemate from the world juniors

 

[Nick Lang]

I think it was proved with Bruce and Tocchet that the same lineup gave different results than he ever did. For someone who played his career on D, he certainly couldn't come up with a system that worked other than over relying on the goalie.

For further proof, he's the only coach for the Canadian team at the Spengler Cup to never win a game. Yes, they were a beer league team, but so were all the other teams.

The one that had one of the worst PK and defenses in the history of the modern era in 2022-23 and finished 11th last after being in the bottom 6 for an extended period? Yeah, no this team was absolutely horrific until they re-made the defence last year and brought in excellent depth like Suter, Blueger, Joshua, and Lindholm. RT is a great coach but he wouldn't have done much better with that disaster of a squad.

Coaching in the Spengler (losers) Cup doesn't really mean anything one way or the other. People were just confused and desperately wanted the team to be better than they were.

 

[VanillaCoke]

goodbye sweet finnish prince