You combine these recent line combos with the comments from Hall about being surprised by his healthy scratch and I'd say LRs seat is starting to heat up for sure. Especially if the team, and in particular Bedard, continue to struggle.
Fire Luke Richardson
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DisgruntledHawkFan
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He's a rebuild coach. He's gonna get plenty of rope. Davidson firing him now just moves his own clock up further.
This guy is completely clueless. It's criminal guys like this have professional coaching jobs.
Why anyone thought that plug 2nd/3rd pairing physical Dman would bring a high flying dynamic offensive scheme to a tea is beyond amazing. The guy was a goals against machine his entire career. Was never able to get his brain to catch up to his physical strengths.
What I expected was a team that would be prepared (nope, how many dismal 1st periods have there been?) physical (Nope, flybys ALL over the ice) out hustling teams (nope, even the 10 minutes of highlights that I watch are littered with loafers)
There is little hustle, little speed and absolutely no culture or team identity to this organIzation.
A shit show from top down, yet here I go to the game Thursday to have dinner and good company while the team skates as an occasional background distraction. Not fun to be Hawks fan anymore.
What I expected was a team that would be prepared (nope, how many dismal 1st periods have there been?) physical (Nope, flybys ALL over the ice) out hustling teams (nope, even the 10 minutes of highlights that I watch are littered with loafers)
There is little hustle, little speed and absolutely no culture or team identity to this organIzation.
A shit show from top down, yet here I go to the game Thursday to have dinner and good company while the team skates as an occasional background distraction. Not fun to be Hawks fan anymore.
Malagahawks
We tanked hard and got Bedard!! Happy Days!!
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Hawkaholic
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lol, no one is expecting that, the best coach in the world couldn't bring that to this dog water team.
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A decent coach could at least have them ready to play and playing with intensity. How many times do we have to watch them not even bother showing up until the third period? That's a coaching and culture issue.
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Taze em
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This season is really a blessing in disguise. Bedard will be Bedard however this season plays out. He is a future 100 point guy the only part that hasn't been decided is if he is a C or a W.
We know now about Vlasic. He's a guy. We know on Kurashev, he isn't. Reichel, he is still up for debate. We know we'll get a good pick and that will likely be a guy.
The rest of the team are placeholders. And decent placeholders at that. They are good enough that if you were a top coach, you could hover around .500 for most of the year. This season was all about Luke. And we have our answer. I would like to know who runs the PK and the PP. Those are actually decent units. The 5v5 play is crazy bad.
We know now about Vlasic. He's a guy. We know on Kurashev, he isn't. Reichel, he is still up for debate. We know we'll get a good pick and that will likely be a guy.
The rest of the team are placeholders. And decent placeholders at that. They are good enough that if you were a top coach, you could hover around .500 for most of the year. This season was all about Luke. And we have our answer. I would like to know who runs the PK and the PP. Those are actually decent units. The 5v5 play is crazy bad.
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The scheme or structure isn't even conducive to an offensive style regardless of the players' ability to execute said scheme. There is no there on this team and that's on the coach
Blackhawkswincup
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The guy who was one of the main reasons for greatest chokejob in NHL history and may have lost B's lockerroom after just a little over 2 seasons
nah
statswatcher
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being a choke artist doesn't hurt so bad if they never play a playoff game. hell, if they aren't playoff ready for another 2 seasons, and it takes him about that long to lose a room, sounds like a mutually beneficial timeline.
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What has he accomplished in the NHL, other than failing to get a very good Bruins team past the second round?
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That Bruins team was only very good because of him. It’s a pretty mediocre roster if you look at it.
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Blackhawkswincup
RIP Fugu
He inherited a team that was 51-26-5 under Cassidy
So that is nonsense
And plenty of talent on his B teams until this year
The 22-23 B's team "Lack of talent" is absurd claim
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Hawkaholic
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I'm not sure how you can scheme an offensive style, when you have 2 offensive players on the entire team. Only way you are even dreaming of being a decent team is being defense first.
They had 2 #1 goalies, and a pretty strong defensive core.
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I wouldn't say only reason. Those Bruins teams did have a level of intangibles to them and they performed better than their roster quality
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Kevin Musto
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Jim Montgomery's biggest accomplishment?
Developing and coaching the great Ian Mitchell during his groundbreaking freshman year.
Developing and coaching the great Ian Mitchell during his groundbreaking freshman year.
