Obviously I don't advocate for trading core players cause I think they are good enough. But every year they say all the right things in the offseason, and come out completely passionless and flat and dig themselves a hole. We can point to defense or goaltending or depth scoring, but the fact is over the first 5 or so games, everyone was saying how disinterested everyone looked, and that went right on from McDavid down.
Every year.
So I'm not saying to trade core players to shake things up. But if people think the team is listless enough to even consider another coaching change, I think you have to look directly at the core as ask Ques Que f***?
I haven't seen any of Drai, McD, Ekholm, Booch Hyman looking disinterested. What I have seen is much better opponent preparation and circling Oilers in a calendar as a measuring stick. Every club except Pittsburgh gets up for us. The Pens were the only club to again lay down.
Even last game so many posters saying why don't the Oilers put any effort into it. The core players were. We weren't getting much from anybody else.
Disinterested? Against Vegas? Didn't see that unless looking at Nuge, J Skinner and our entire bottomsix.
Hyman exemplifies problems this year that it was just going to be much harder to do the same or similar things. Thats NHL correction occurring, and better marking and checking. This is the aspect that needs to be considered more is that two different clubs in a team sport are butting heads. Two good teams, one will prevail. Not the end of the world. I don't support this thread at all, just making some comments. I gather you're doing similar.
The only coaching change I need to be seeing is Schwartz. Few coaches are going to be ideal, and I can see some wrinkles forming but would stay the course with these coaches. Haven't heard as much from Coffey though this year. He may be the first to decide that he doesn't want this anymore. He was talked into the gig, not looking for it. Strikes me as odd too that Broberg wasn't a priority in an org that had Coffey as coach. Not making any comparable but Broberg skillsets is most like Coffey. Speed, wheels, shot, offensive gusto. You'd think Coffey would've enjoyed further molding of Broberg. Just a thought. Now he's got lumps like Dermott, Emberson to work with instead. heh
Draisaitl tore a strip off Kane if you recall.
I remember the one where Perry was bashing Kane. Now that you mention it I'm recalling something with Drai and Kane but not remembering the details. Thanks for jogging my memory.
