They should fire Maurice if they lose this round. He isn't any good. at least not anymore. That's maybe one of two bad moves Zito has made, other than a first for Chiarot.
He's gonna cost them at least one cup IMO. Unless they win it this year.
One of the least talked about storylines of this year's playoffs is Bob hasn't been very good. He hasn't been bad, but he's certainly been mediocre. He's playing to about expected. Swayman is playing way better than expected (behind a worse team than Bob's) and even Vasilevskiy played better than expected despite the Panthers being infinitely more dominant that round and Vasilevskiy's team going out in 5.
They need him to pick it up, especially with the Rangers (probably) on tap next round. The Rangers aren't as bad as this year's Tampa or Boston, and they still have the goalie that can win them that round. Carolina absolutely does not, unless they try the Kochetkov thing again and with them being on the brink it looks like they'll be elminated before they can go to the Kochetkov well again.
I think the fact that they're not the greatest of finishing team can be attributed to Maurice. I wonder if they just missed the playoffs last year if he's still the head coach there right now?
If they don't finish Boston in game 6 I can totally see them blowing game 7 and losing they series. And that's a shame because they're a better team than that. The Rangers will sweep (maybe 5) the Bruins in that case.