Player Discussion MSL finalist for coach of the year!

[hvac412]

I mean if he did the opposite of what we want and he would have success, then more power to him. But he didn't. For instance, we all knew we would be slaughtered in Washington right off the bat but Marty still didn't want to add Jack. We lost the first two games. Then he put Jack in the third game, we win. But it still isn't enough in the fourth game, Caps went extra with Wilson destroying Carrier with no responses. So we're like alright call a few guys from Laval like Florian. Marty doesn't(I would have recall Fowler as well, personally). They come out incredibly flat physically in the last game. No pushbacks. As if they were ready to die righ there.

We may have never played in the NHL or coached but at least we lowly internet posters knew this.

The season ended game four ,third period ,when we blew the lead. didn’t even bother watching them anymore after that . If you ever had any doubts MSL was not holding players back listen to what Arbor says in one of his season ending interview interviews where he says that MSL asked him not to cross the line,do you think the capitals coach asked Wilson to not cross the line? Sadly, we’re gonna be stuck with smarty bonaparte’s insecurities until he “maybe”becomes a real coach.Thanks and f$&ck off KH/JG

 

[JianYang]

The season ended game four ,third period ,when we blew the lead. didn’t even bother watching them anymore after that . If you ever had any doubts MSL was not holding players back listen to what Arbor says in one of his season ending interview interviews where he says that MSL asked him not to cross the line,do you think the capitals coach asked Wilson to not cross the line? Sadly, we’re gonna be stuck with smarty bonaparte’s insecurities until he “maybe”becomes a real coach.Thanks and f$&ck off KH/JG

It actually ended after game 81 against Chicago.

 

[Habs]

A lot of things have to go right for a team to overachieve as much as the Habs did this year. Take away any of the following, and the Habs don’t make playoffs:
- having a true first line for the first time in a very long time
- entire line of Gallagher, Anderson and Dvorak having their best seasons in years
- Monty becoming a pretty good #1 goalie with Dobes replacing Primeau as backup
- fewer big injuries than the past few seasons
- addition of Laine’s PP goals and Carrier adequately filling a top-4 D spot

What ties this altogether is the environment that created the conditions for all these players to do so well. Just about every player on this team right played about as well as we could have expected given where they are in their careers plus nagging injuries a few dealt with. A close-knit dressing room was important, but it starts with the boss who in the Habs case also appears to be a great teacher of the mental aspects of the game, something very important for such a young team.

As for Hutson, I agree with you in the sense that he was the biggest difference on this team from last year. The Habs simply didn’t have a player like him before.

Hutson is uber-talented and highly-driven, but also very young and very small, all things that St-Louis once was. St-Louis knew that Hutson would make mistakes and plenty of them from inexperience plus sometimes be outplayed by much larger players, but that didn’t stop him from giving Hutson big minutes from game one, something fairly unprecedented for a rookie D whose strong side isn’t defense.

Good point about mentioning Demidov for next year. Demidov is a very different player partly because he is Russian, but if he can thrive and learn next year as much as Hutson did this year and do so without jeopardizing team results, this team really does start looking like a future cup contender.

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[Habs]

It actually ended after game 81 against Chicago.

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[JoelWarlord]

20 years of coaches stapling players like Caufield and Hutson to the bench for the tiniest mistake and we're bitching about a coach who put Demidov on PP1 under 100 minutes into his NHL career because he didn't play our favourite #6D early enough.

 

[Miller Time]

The season ended game four ,third period ,when we blew the lead. didn’t even bother watching them anymore after that . If you ever had any doubts MSL was not holding players back listen to what Arbor says in one of his season ending interview interviews where he says that MSL asked him not to cross the line,do you think the capitals coach asked Wilson to not cross the line? Sadly, we’re gonna be stuck with smarty bonaparte’s insecurities until he “maybe”becomes a real coach.Thanks and f$&ck off KH/JG

Yes, Carberry did. Wilson said as much in his post game PC and acknowledged he went too far in Game 3 but was more disciplined in game 4 & 5.

Carberry also was visibly upset and told the bench how Stupid PLD was for his penalty on Demidov in game 5 (unecessary bump if the kid that got called for interference).

There literally isn't a competent coach out there that doesn't preach discipline and "not crossing the line" come playoff time. It's called trying to win hockey games.

 

[Forum93]

"Youngest team to make the playoffs". Now, had Canes brought their A team and we lost the last game of the season, would MSL still have been nominated, I'm guessing probably not.

 

[Habnot]

"Youngest team to make the playoffs". Now, had Canes brought their A team and we lost the last game of the season, would MSL still have been nominated, I'm guessing probably not.

So did the Capitals bring their A game the last weekend when the lost both games to Columbus 12-1?

FFS - some are hellbent on their pre-conceived opinions. MSL is a bantam coach (meanwhile he's nominated for Jack Adams), players point to Marty as being the leader of this team on how they love to play for him, other coaches constantly pump his tires. Meanwhile there are some on this board that would get rid of him after bringing this team to the playoffs after three years - well in advance of expectations.

 

[Nedved]

MSL is a fantastic coach. The young, and old, like him on the team. The guy loves hockey and I think the longer he's coach for us, the better he will get as the coach, or burnout.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

"Youngest team to make the playoffs". Now, had Canes brought their A team and we lost the last game of the season, would MSL still have been nominated, I'm guessing probably not.

It still wouldn't change the optic of the massive leap that was accomplished over the last 3 seasons. 36 months ago, we were rock bottom. Dead last with 55 points. We gained 36 points in those 36 months. Who cares if it was only 35 points? 34? 33? It's still a giant leap.

Also, what about Washington bringing their own A game in their double header versus the Jackets just two weeks before the season ended, instead of completely folding? Let's not forget that before their 6 game winning streak to end the season, Columbus had a horrible 10 game stretch where they had just a handful of points, whereas the Habs overcame adversity to pass them over with a sequence of 15 games where they played great after the 4N?

 

[Forum93]

It still wouldn't change the optic of the massive leap that was accomplished over the last 3 seasons. 36 months ago, we were rock bottom. Dead last with 55 points. We gained 36 points in those 36 months. Who cares if it was only 35 points? 34? 33? It's still a giant leap.

Also, what about Washington bringing their own A game in their double header versus the Jackets just two weeks before the season ended, instead of completely folding? Let's not forget that before their 6 game winning streak to end the season, Columbus had a horrible 10 game stretch where they had just a handful of points, whereas the Habs overcame adversity to pass them over with a sequence of 15 games where they played great after the 4N?

I don't care what Caps did in the reg. season. I'm just asking a hypothetical question, whether MSL would have been nominated for the Jack Adams had we lost the last game of the season to the Canes A team.

In my opinion, not making the playoffs does change the optics and would have been enough to exclude MSL as a finalist for Jack Adams. We made the playoffs, so here we are.

 

[Runner77]

20 years of coaches stapling players like Caufield and Hutson to the bench for the tiniest mistake and we're bitching about a coach who put Demidov on PP1 under 100 minutes into his NHL career because he didn't play our favourite #6D early enough.

Did someone actually complain about Demidov being used on PP1? I must have missed it. The team didn’t even have a complete 2nd line, who else were they supposed to use?

As for the 6D comment, I believe there is a perception that MSL does not like inexperienced players who play a physical style and take excess penalties. Today it’s Xhekaj, tomorrow it’ll be someone else playing a similar style. It works well with Anderson given how he’s a forward and has experience. Anyhow, the 6D guy has nothing to do with Demidov.

 

[Big Lurk]

Nice, well deserved. Team is very resilient with him and guys love him. He will still need to learn to make proper adjustments and get the team ready earlier in the game but hopefully that comes with more coaching experience.

A phone call to Michel Therrien wouldnt be a bad thing. Say what you want, but Mr Grind Deez Guyz had his teams ready to start the season.