I'll give him a mulligan for this game given that the team played way better than I expected they could. But I would want to see them continue to look better than they looked before the break before I believe his changes made a difference.
It's okay to attempt to trust others in these sorts of situations too considering where they're at as a team. Warsofsky has used their best players plenty of times in overtime. Sometimes, the better team gets it done. It's a coaching error to start Ferraro regardless but trying to get a better matchup for Celebrini and Eklund makes sense too considering what they're up against. Just didn't work out for them. But again, Warsofsky is a rookie NHL coach at a young age. He's going to learn some tough lessons just like the players. Plenty of veteran retread coaches make baffling decisions like this too. They were competitive with the best team in the West on the road in a back-to-back. Yeah, Vanecek had a great performance but the coach will get some credit for holding the Jets to 1 goal in regulation on 33 shots. It's an ugly game but they had a pretty solid defensive game too. Can't ignore that just because the result went south on them.
But they are wrong in what Kunin was doing on that play - taking away the immediate threat in front of the net with a smart stick check....
Sorry, I don't agree. If you wanna justify the choices on the draw to counter the Jets winning the draw then fine, but once they had possession it should have been a no-brainer.
Well, I've said already that I agree with the shift change after winning so I'm not arguing that. I just don't see it as some huge rage against the coach moment that it didn't play out that way.
Huge? No. But if he's not willing to sink or swim with his best players then what is he doing?
He’s trying to win, but he doesn’t know how to do that with the current roster so he’s floundering.
If he is really trying to win then, celebrini is the only choice for starting that ot and every single ot he is available for.
Our best players are just not very good compared to their counterparts on other teams, especially Winnipeg. It makes sense to save Celebrini and Eklund for when the Jets have to throw guys like Namestnikov and DeMelo over the boards. Unfortunately the OT didn't last that long.
If you're not putting either 71 or 72 out there then you're basically saying "Let's hold on some more and hope we get a chance" like the team did the entire third period. Putting non of his offensive weapons out there basically said "we don't want to change momentum"
So throw out Wennberg and Graf instead? I don't even understand the mindset. IS this a way to protect them? Why would Winnipeg throw out Namestikov and Demerol? Winnipeg gets the puck back, skate around for two minutes, tire our defenders out... game set match. When you have possession 3 on 3, you don't really have the time to play the match-up game, and if you do, you tire out the defenders on the ice.
The ot went 1 minute and 33 seconds, the way the final 3 minutes of regulation and ot went. Playing your not to win strategy with the 4th line starting means that celebrini and the likes won't ever get on the ice or even get a chance to play there 4th line.
He’s done that before too so he’s trying other things and those will fail too because the team sucks. It’s not a big deal.
They have been a lot more than they haven’t. The team just isn’t that good and most teams are getting better.
He thinks he’s doing the right thing to win. I guarantee that’s how he rationalizes his decisions.
He is big braining it, thinking he is smarter then 31 other coaches who know offense wins in 3 on 3. He thinks he is the only coach that knows if you play the 4th line in the 3 on 3 it gives you the best chance to win.
