Jared Bednar Discussion

[PAZ]

I'm fine with keeping Bednar for one more run, but if Cooper or Sullivan shakes loose and we have another poor playoff performance, i'd be happy with a swap.

 

[Foppa2118]

I'm not sure how you can continue to defend this shit day after day, month after month, year after year watching the team get worse, watching the players play worse, yet think they are blameless.

I don't think you're being accurate with what you're saying ET. I've called out many of the team's and player's problems over the years, when many disagreed, and have a pretty good track record of figuring out what was and wasn't actually the problem.

I've especially said how mistake prone this team is for a while now. Pretty sure I've been at the forefront of that opinion.

I said Bednar wasn't the problem years back, he's a very good coach, and his system can win a Cup, when many wanted him fired. I said Kadri wasn't the problem, he'd bounce back in a contract year, and be a key player, when many wanted him traded. I said Val would be welcomed back by his teammates, and still be a key player for them, when many wanted him shipped out while tarred and feathered. I said Landy would come back and play ok (still waiting but he's close). I've said Cale could be an all time great two way defenseman, when some thought he was too high risk, and a product of the AJHL.

I've said Mitts wasn't as good as people thought, and that he could regress after his contract year, the team wouldn't be able to sign him long term, and he could leave them with a similar problem at 2C. I've said Byram was better than people thought. I've said Toews play was concerning before many aside from Kingslayer agreed (Toews has been much better the last couple weeks). I said regularly that goaltending wasn't the only problem with the team, they were mistake prone. I've said Bednar over plays his stars, I think that is one thing he's guilty of, and it's contributed a bit to their struggles in some games like the Oilers (helped them win others).

I try to analyze what the actual problem with the team is, and because I've followed it pretty closely for a long time, and try not to get emotional about it, I have a pretty good track record. I never talk about myself this way here, I'm just bringing it up because it's relevant to what you said.

The problem with this team right now is they have one scoring line, and two NHL caliber defensive pairs, because they have the most injuries in the league, Mitts isn't as good as people thought, Colton's a 3rd liner playing 2nd line and his hot streak ended, LOC and Kiviranta are playing 2nd and 3rd line roles, they don't have enough cap space to ice an NHL caliber third pair before the deadline, and they've been missing their heart and should captain of a moody team for three years.

None of that is Bednar's fault and a new coach won't solve any of it either. A little more healthy, their captain back, and some deadline moves, could make everyone think completely different about this team, the way they thought completely different after all those other "problems" mentioned previously, after some time passed.

This place has a habit of getting too emotional about these things, but it takes a year for people to realize it. At least give it until the off season before calling for Bednar's head on a stick. He deserves that. Just my opinion, everyone else is welcome to theirs.

 

[Tralfamadore]

Where were you when I was on an island a while back saying the team is making mistakes AND getting bad goaltending? We wanted to blame ONE thing then too. It's never ONE thing.

Oh I was there saying exactly that. I got criticized for it too. Was constantly told that the team would magically start playing better once they had faith in their goaltender.