From what i understand, Fenway Sports Group is like, committed to Sullivan to an unhealthy degree. Word on the grapevine is Dubas only got the GM gig because he agreed to not can him.
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Acquiring Zadarov and Lindholm hasn’t worked out for Sweeney but was he responsible for the epic collapse against Florida a couple of years ago ? Who was that on Montgomery or Sweeney ? The team should have won a Cup in 2019 . Was that game 7 loss on Sweeney ? It’s only my opinion but Sweeney deserves more of a pass than Montgomery does in recent years.
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Yeah I'm done with this management team. I've never been their biggest fan to begin with.
I'm fine keeping Monty and staff around for the remainder of the season. Should ensure the highest draft pick possible.
Last year everyone was happy with the players Sweeney brought in.
This year Jones and Tuft haven't made the team and E. Lindholm, Zadorov, Koepke, and Johnson are currently playing, but far from the reason for the downfall.
Ullmark was traded for Kastelic and Korpisalo, both who have played better than expected.
The problem this year is the players who should be playing well are not; the problem is not on who was brought in.
Granted, this team currently needs a top six left wing.
But there is a much deeper problem here then simply changing players via call ups or trades.
This team should not be playing as poorly as it is; way too many team-wide fundamental breakdowns.
Maybe, and again - maybe, some of the players spent too much time this past summer wedding jumping and partying and never had a full summer of off season training.
If so, that's on them for not being in shape for camp.
20 games in it is clear conditioning is not the primary reason for poor play.
The breakdowns in team-wide structure and poor player performance are clearly a coaching issue.
It is the team-wide fundamental breakdowns that are causing so many problems from defensive coverage to lack of scoring to individual players underperforming.
For whatever multiple reasons, the current system and approach are not working.
The coach is responsible.
Change is inevitable.
That change begins with the coach.
When fully healthy they have 2 US players in their top 9 Forwards, so are you really blaming US players for their scoring woes?
Their D Corp last year had 5 US D for most of the year and beat a Toronto team with
just 3 US skaters. Swayman was tremendous in net also.
NY Rangers dress 1G, 4D and 3F (including 2 top 6F) who are US Players.
Just stop with your anti-US BS.
I just want to have something to watch . If they slide to the bottom I highly doubt I will be watching hockey. Hang onto the last wildcard spot and then get destroyed but I want something to watch so I’m cool with that .
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never though in a 1000 years Pasta was going to be an instant regret when signing that huge deal but it appears we may have a very bad contract on our hands. what the hell has happened to this guy?
No American Tim Thomas, no Cup. 2010 no Tim Thomas blow 3-0 lead.
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Congrats on the wedding! Just remember, there were people on the list willing to give Sway $10M or more…
Pasta and Sway for Brady T and Ullmark.
The loss wasn't on him, but failing to follow up on that success was.
Depth scoring (and let's be honest, Tampa getting their doors blown off by the Jackets in round 1) is what got them there in 2019. It was the first time post Julien they actually had more than one legitimate scoring line.
For some reason, they haven't had it since. If they have more than one line, they probably beat Carolina in 2022 too. They had it on paper in 2023 but for whatever reason it disappeared in the postseason.
Sweeney essentially got lucky by falling ass first in to one of the most dominant lines in the past couple decades with Marchand/Bergeron/Pastrnak and somehow still couldn't build nothing more than a second round exit for most of its prime.
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You are correct but sending him to the AHL would be too severe. It wasn’t that long ago I thought he was the Bruins best D vs the Panthers last year. Let him sit for a game or two .
Their is a big difference between the other NHL stars and Pasta. McDavid, MacKinnon, Drasaitl, etc as they go all out when they are on the ice whereas Pasta makes a rush or two then floats back into his own end. He is also very bad at turning over the puck.
Pasta would get a lot more points if he seemed really interested in the games and showed constant effort.
By no means though is he the only problem, it goes much deeper.
Pasta would get a lot more points if he seemed really interested in the games and showed constant effort.
By no means though is he the only problem, it goes much deeper.
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What a bunch of word salad happy horseshit Friedman.
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Yeah, I head his comments which lead me to state in a different post that there is more wrong with this team than just hurt feelings.
The "winning two Cups" thing? Well, umm yeah at least he has knowledge and a proven track record of winning the highest prize that there is in professional hockey. TWO TIMES!
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He’s playing with Geekie & Zacha who have 11 points between them
Pasta hasn’t played good this year at all, but that contract is the least of my concerns
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So you want Sullivan? Doesn’t seem like he’s an option right now anyway so the point is mute .Goodnight, gentlemen, I’m going to bed ! It is actually good for the soul coming here to rant after a painful loss .
