GhostofKenKlee
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Lets be realistic, Oates when here had the team in top tier for faceoffs and the pk/pp were top ten. Stevens is a work in progress. Oates and Stevens as well as Robinson at the helm is pretty special.
Oates in my opinion is not the guy that should be the coach. I just want these older players gone.
Listening to the top vets rave about him I don't think he ever lose the locker room, just last week Jagr was praising him.
You can thank Schneider too for losing on his own games we had the lead. His short side is leaking like ive never seen before on any goaltender.
At this point i dont really care what Lou does. Whether he gets a new HC today, trades rest of the team for picks or young players. This team is a bust till 2018 with little to no chance of getting into playoffs. The NHL.com analysis of the Devils' situation is a brutal read. Worst asset management when you write it down. This is a good direction, Id like if Lou was fired and the new guy announces a strategy: Cup in 2020 or so. If we still continue to glue and repair type of status quo crap im just going to keep on skimming through highlights, no point in watching a losing team, losing franchise and a losing management try to survive. At least other ****** teams like Edmonton have a fast, sometimes entertaining young core, that is at least sometimes entertaining to watch. We dont. All we have is blueline redirections by Ruutu / some 4th liner and nothing else going on with first 2 lines. Coaching change is a good start, now lets see how rest of the stuff unfolds.
With all due respect, that's a mentality that I do not share. In a conference where - thanks to the 2 wildcard spots - 50% of the teams make it, It's not out of the realm of possibility that the Devils could rebound(Next Season, though) and make it there so I don't think we should have to wait that long(2018) for any playoff hockey.
I want a coach that shows some emotion that he cares. The last time you saw Pete get mad was at Torts. That was the only time you ever saw him get mad.
I would sign up for Stevens over Oates as a HC even though he is a novice. Maybe he can implement Lemaire's system and we can improve our GAA and our shots against somehow.
I would sign up for Stevens over Oates as a HC even though he is a novice. Maybe he can implement Lemaire's system and we can improve our GAA and our shots against somehow.
All those sources for Paul becoming coach are from Chere. It looks like Lou found his rat on the ship.....