Post-Game Talk: Devil V

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I know it won't happen but hear me out: Drury should fire GG immediately. Team is mentally defeated. No life, no spirit, no character. GG is unable to make any adjustments. Hank should be behind the bench at MSG. Playoffs, home ice, Hank in the building. If the team does not show any spirit or character...well heck I guess we can plan the next rebuild. Do it Chris.

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This team is filled with empty words. It starts with the coaching that doesn't actually coach. The smartest guy in the room GM hired by the smartest guy in the room owner.

We need a wrecking ball and bull dozer. Give me a new fancy train station because staring at a train platform is more rewarding than this dumpster fire that has played these last 3 games.
 
I wish coach and FO egos weren’t so large, and that they cared as much as we did. And then wish the players could accept passes, shoot when it makes sense and handle the puck like it’s a puck and not like a projectile from an M203
 
Listen.

I love you people. This organization isn't that appealing. I do it for the community.

Try not to freak out too much. This team can get better. Honestly, we need to get beat to have any hope of recognizing the holes.

I trumpeted all year that a first round exit is the team we have this year. I don't do that to annoy you, I just didn't want everyone to get sucked into it. The Rangers destroyed my cause in the first two games and then proceeded to play the exact series I expected in games 3-5. f***ing trolls.

The ECF run was nice for experience and showed that they do have a bit of fight. I know nobody wants to hear it, but it's the same humans. They didn't forget. They're just not that good right now.

That run was very fortunate. This gives us a much clearer picture of where we actually are. We need to improve.

There are still pieces here I like that we can build on. We have the best defenseman in the league and five games isn't changing my opinion.

I know trust is low but I kind of get some of what Drury did and hopefully he identifies the right things in the summer.

Teams and cores have gotten to the Cup after worse.
 
I know it won't happen but hear me out: Drury should fire GG immediately. Team is mentally defeated. No life, no spirit, no character. GG is unable to make any adjustments. Hank should be behind the bench at MSG. Playoffs, home ice, Hank in the building. If the team does not show any spirit or character...well heck I guess we can plan the next rebuild. Do it Chris.

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This would entail something desperate that I alluded to in my post.

Drury bungled it letting MSL go to Montreal.
 
I honestly can't look at one player on this team and say, "Yeah, he did his best." Not one. Even when they choked vs Tampa last year, you still had Mika, Kreider, Fox, Lindgren, Miller, Motte, Copp, Vatrano, and the Kid Line putting forth an honest effort. They just got tired and lost to a superior team. But for the most part, the effort was there. The experience was not.

This is a completely different story. What I've seen this past week is reminiscent of a John Muckler or Glen Sather coached Ranger team. A team that is there because that is their professional responsibility. And that worries me quite a bit. The combination of our best players mailing it in, pending FA losses, NMC clauses for albatross contracts, and our top draft picks likely not being what we envisioned they would be at this point is a major issue.
 
Game (and series) went from bad to worse very quickly.
PP being stone cold and Panarin missing some good setups early meant we never managed to put enough pressure back on them.
Credit to the Devils, they've found their speed and we haven't been able to counter it, or even look like we have an idea on how to counter it,

2 goals in 3 games just can't cut it and the guys we pay to score have to find their way back onto the board.
God knows what we'll see in game 6. The Kid Line simply hasn't worked so you might as well scatter them across the lineup. Tank needs more minutes.
While I don't think there will be wholesale changes, if we go out in 4 stright while barely firing a shot, you have to imagine there'll be a few players and coaches being moved on
 
Give him incentives:

He can still talk during intermissions and still give his post-game analysis!

And those analysis will be classic!
I see some Torts like pressers coming:

“What do you mean what I think? We sucked. They converted on 80% of cross ice passes, compared to a season average of 70%. You know that. Why are you asking stupid questions? Have you ever been in a fight?”
 
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