The defense will improve next year by just getting Dougie healthy.
Least? I do think there are bigger problems but coaching is an issue... maybe not "the" issue but there needs to be a change in direction.
every expert says the same thing, they don't defend well and don't keep the puck out of the net. It's a flawed roster But you know better? Somone who has never played the game? Cmon. Please.
I didn't say coaching wasn't an issue. I said it was the least of their problems. They need to defend much better and need much better goaltending. No one is coming in here and winning with sub par AHL goaltending and below aver age D play.
Yes. You need to have played to know what the coach's role is. blaming the coach is lazy. Not knowing what the coach's role is and blaming him is lazy. Knowing what a player think's and what's actually going on behind closed doors comes from being in a locker room.
Did you listen to the game today? TNT hit it on the head. Knwoing that you have subpar goaltending heading into a game damages your mental pyche. Then somethign happens and the wheels fall off. Sitting in a lockeroom knowing that your goalie is going to let you down is so defeating.
the system? have you ever listnened to anyone on any broadcast other than the devils? they are explaining to you what their issues are.
so to be clear, someone who has never played the GAME, has never stepped foot in a hockey locker room, has never took a shot on the ice, made a save, maybe never even skated actually knows more than every expert that has covered the devils this year? Cmon.
do you even know what an nhl team practices on during the season? Flow drills, battle drills, I bet you think they work on the F1 forecheck. Maybe F2 high? Huh? cmon. I bet you think they work on chipping pucks out from the half wall.
you make a lot of assumptions about how much hockey people here have played. this is largely an extremely knowledgeable group of hockey fans and this is all nonsense
The only thing that shouldnt be allowed is the silencing of opinions
Of course they're being told what to do. It's the execution. You thin Ruff is telling hughes to blowout when the puck is on the opposite side of the d half wall? Cmon. You have to read the play. Hughes can join the rush but he shouldn't be blowing the zone while the puck is in it. These are the things that the experts are pointing out. If you choose to listen.
When the majority of people are saying fire the coach when this team has zero goaltending and cannot play D, yes it's an indictment of their hockey knoweldge.
My comment was directled towards an individual that has already stated they never played the game.
71,560 and counting but I never played the game.My comment was directled towards an individual that has already stated they never played the game.
Itd be simpler to just not engage in conversations you find to be ridiculous; youll bump them multiple pages while preaching they should be silenced
