Fire Knoblauch

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Yep. It's malpractice that Bowman didn't trade for another goalie.

Yzerman traded for Mrazek and they weren't even a playoff team

And Lyon isn't high end, but at least he's another NHL option, who's just like a 3rd or 4th wheel there after that Mrazek deal.

 

[Heavy Dee]

And Lyon isn't high end, but at least he's another NHL option, who's just like a 3rd or 4th wheel there after that Mrazek deal.

And none of those options have the crater of a floor that Skinner has.

 

[rboomercat90]

Like, with how it shook out, they really should have added Lyon, Allen, Soderblom(though he might have been tougher to get), Vladar, Forsberg, etc. should have been added to the group, even as a 3 headed monster, to give them another option.

Hard to think anything other than they didn’t want another option. If there’s another option ( and don’t forget they didn’t think Pickard was an option because he’s a lowly AHL goalie) then that means there is a goaltending controversy when Skinner is struggling. For whatever reason, baffling as it is for anybody outside their group to understand, this organization has decided Skinner is their goalie and they’re comfortable sinking or swimming with whatever happens when he’s in the net.

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

We should probably think about firing him before the SCF starts.
He lost last year so......

 

[JustNapamIt]

We should probably think about firing him before the SCF starts.
He lost last year so......

Oh dont worry. Thats coming. Usual suspects

 

[Tobias Kahun]

the thread didnt age very well.

 

[OilerTyler]

It’s gotten to the point where I just assume I’m wrong when I disagree with Knoblauch’s decisions

 

[Oilers88]

Starting to think firing Knoblauch wouldn't have been a smart decision.

 

[Ol' Jase]

Unsung hero in this series. Absolutely took DeBoer to the woodshed.

 

[Satoru Gojo]

The Calvin and Hobbs guy is wrong

This team defends totally different with the KN system

This was a massive coaching upgrade and a necessary move, we don’t make back to back finals without this coaching staff

 

[Oilhawks]

Another plate of crow....I'll leave it at that, as I don't want to add a jinx to my resume

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

It’s gotten to the point where I just assume I’m wrong when I disagree with Knoblauch’s decisions

Same. I just shut my mouth now.

 

[Oilhawks]

the thread didnt age very well.

Happy to agree.

And (again, avoiding a jinx)

 

[oobga]

Knob is the man. For real.

 

[Faelko]

the thread didnt age very well.

like milk on the counter.

 

[redgrant]

Need to just accept this is a playoff team not a regular season team. Leafs are obviously the exact opposite

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

The Calvin and Hobbs guy is wrong

This team defends totally different with the KN system

This was a massive coaching upgrade and a necessary move, we don’t make back to back finals without this coaching staff

You obviously don't even understand what I said so you do you.

 

[joestevens29]

Coaching staff has scouted the opponents extremely well. Came up with game plans to beat all three teams and we ended up beating teams with ease.

But I fully expect if we lose the cup or have a shitty part of the season next year, people will be all over the coaching staff again

 

[Oilhawks]

Hope he has some answers for game 4

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Hope he has some answers for game 4

He is getting his arse handed to him in the Final. He’s shown he can adjust and Game 4 is where he turns series around. Hopefully he gets this series turned in the right direction Breakouts up the walls which have to stop and his special teams are miserable right now.

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

Seems like he lost the bench a little in the last part of the 3rd

 

[frag2]

He is getting his arse handed to him in the Final. He’s shown he can adjust and Game 4 is where he turns series around. Hopefully he gets this series turned in the right direction Breakouts up the walls which have to stop and his special teams are miserable right now.

If he's truly learned to adjust, he'd be scratching Nurse but who am I kidding? Nurse will get his 20 mins of garbage play game in game out.

He's a good, albeit inexperienced, coach. But he's still being out smarted by the opposition. Guy has no pulse. Can't seem to settle the troops down either.

 

[FlameChampion]

I personally like KK. Lets hope he has some solutions in game 4.

I think the PK has been abysmal all year. The PP has looked stale all year. Special teams have been disappointing all year and playoffs. Its finally starting to kill us.

 

[Porkleaker]

He called out the refs lol especially on the too many men, but in so many words.

 

[Stoneman89]

Seems like he lost the bench a little in the last part of the 3rd

Game was lost, he just let the Mustangs run a bit.