We need to get new blood in there. Like they’re there they have their job. It’s not to piss off the org. Every team team every sport has those guys.
but who are the guys that are going to get DJ riled up.
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but who are the guys that are going to get DJ riled up.
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Look, I don't give a rat's ass about Gord or Bruce but have you guys ever listened to post-game interviews? Have you ever heard anything of substance? It's all tired cliches.
Totally made up example that you've probably heard 1000 times before:
"Hey DJ, tough loss tonight, what went wrong?"
"Well, we had a couple of tough bounces at the beginning of the game and then we couldn't get going after that. I thought the guys continued playing hard but we made some mistakes and came up short."
What are you expecting these guys to say???
"We were f***ed from the drop of the puck, Murray and the D shit the bed off the hop and the rest of the guys looked f***ing braindead for most of the game. Stutzle gave the puck up so much I'm wondering if both his hands were shattered piles of bones. The defensemen are inept morons who can't skate, pass or defend and the rest of the guys were so invisible I couldn't tell which f***ing guys were on the ice half the time. Just a pathetic shitshow top to bottom with our smooth brained GM at the helm of this sinking turd."
Totally made up example that you've probably heard 1000 times before:
"Hey DJ, tough loss tonight, what went wrong?"
"Well, we had a couple of tough bounces at the beginning of the game and then we couldn't get going after that. I thought the guys continued playing hard but we made some mistakes and came up short."
What are you expecting these guys to say???
"We were f***ed from the drop of the puck, Murray and the D shit the bed off the hop and the rest of the guys looked f***ing braindead for most of the game. Stutzle gave the puck up so much I'm wondering if both his hands were shattered piles of bones. The defensemen are inept morons who can't skate, pass or defend and the rest of the guys were so invisible I couldn't tell which f***ing guys were on the ice half the time. Just a pathetic shitshow top to bottom with our smooth brained GM at the helm of this sinking turd."
I'm pretty sure Darryl Sutter has given answers like that at least once.
Xspyrit
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Had my doubts about this coaching staff since they are in place. We are not horrible offensively (particularly last year considering the lack of skill) but defensively, we're putrid this year. I don't see any adjustments, the line combinations seem not optimal for success at all, and it doesn't change even if it's obvious that it's not working or not working anymore (ex : Paul-White-Dadonov)
Anyway, still think/feel we're not going anywhere with this coaching staff. Think we're actually spinning wheels (or worse actually as we regressed quite a bit this year despite adding more talent)
You mean on the road...
Anyway, still think/feel we're not going anywhere with this coaching staff. Think we're actually spinning wheels (or worse actually as we regressed quite a bit this year despite adding more talent)
You mean on the road...
haha ya I have noticed this as well. Its so pointless. Most of these guys answer the questions for the coaches and players
BigRig4
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"Coach, not the result you were looking for tonight?"
There should be ZERO line matching. We are shit. You’re trying to find out what these dudes can do. And the player he WaaNTS to match up suck. Play the dudes. Everywhere. What’s the worse that can happen ? We lose by 4? 5? 6? Been there done that.
Is it fair to say you would want to come out with a better effort next game?
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BatherSeason
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It's terrible. I have noticed this is every presser so far this year. Simmer used to be the only one that did this, and he has become much better while BooBoo and Gordo have gotten worse.
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This is where a 6'6" centre would have come in handy, but Pinto is also a centre with good size & skill that could end up with one of those two top six centre spots. I expect that Sanderson & Kleven will improve the defence as well once they arrive in a yr or two. I also expect that at some future point one of Paul or Kastelic end up at centre on the bottom six & give Ottawa much more size at centre.
Umm you do know the coach is trying to win games while developing young players, don’t you ?
That could be the problem. Our PK is much more aggressive, our Dzone coverage has also changed since the western road trip. In game line adjustments are made every game. The team is definitely progressing.
DaveMatthew
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Goaltending was awful, for sure.
But the amount of high-quality, point blank chances we gave up due to an inability to clear the zone and players having no idea, or no ability, to be where they needed to be was equally as bad.
That is to say, we didn't play well, or even slightly below average, only to be done in by goaltending.
We were awful, and goaltending didn't help.
Hard to judge a team when the goaltending was that bad. Really they played bad in 2 out of 3 against Winnipeg, 2 out of 3 against Vancouver and 2 against Edmonton. Really in the 1-8-1 start we played badly in 6. Terrible goals is really deflating. It’s no coincidence the team has looked much better since the goaltending has become somewhat respectable.
Bad early goals deflate a team especially when it happens often. The team was quite bad in 6 of the 10 games as I have previously said but they never got that goaltending performance in games 4-10 that could have emboldened them. I mean the Hogberg performances were literally some of the worst I have ever seen.
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