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Hopefully we win the lottery and get the 6th. there is a chance Michkov might still be on the board
Post-Game Talk: Pens Sens. That’s how we lost.
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Malkinstheman
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I dont get how you can justify not firing a coach after 4 straight first round exits (and now no playoffs). Even Bylsma, who was a fraud, didnt achieve that.
Splitting hairs really. That pick just isn't going to matter unless we luck out and win the lottery and get into the top 10. We won't be bad enough to get into Bedard territory but moving up into top 10 or 4th/5th would be gigantic.
But if I'm hoping for that I might as well hope for Sully to get fired too lol. Won't happen.
I think Hextall will get fired if FSG is paying attention at all. But that's it.
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Cool, anyway they were a perennial 100 pt team or on pace for it, which is what I said. Last two seasons they had like a +40 goal differential, this year is -4.
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There is no rational justification for it but the way coaches in the NHL are revered for making the Finals or winning the Cup is beyond rationale. There have been a handful of dudes who only make the Finals once but they coach for literally decades. Sully coached a team to back to back Cups--dude's probably got an entire lifetime of leash whether it makes sense or not. /shrug
Dude should've been fired after the Habs play-in back in 2020, imo.
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I think Hextall is as good as gone. Sullivan isnt going until his new deal starts in 2024-2025
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The pro scouts if anyone convinced Granlund to Hextall should also be fired!!
Sullivan is a stale shitty coach.
But Hextall put the nails in the coffin. We have Carter and Granlund now.... No one gives a shit about KAP except that's it's just more horrific asset management. His expansion draft to TDL should be studied as a masterclass of what a GM should not do.
By the looks of it, it wasn't the Players but a past his prime coach/and an the mute JR clone.
Sucks for it to end like this... Crosby and Geno are playing pretty well.
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Yea the logic to bring down the core's AAV made a lot of sense if you're gonna surround them with like, talent. But not to bail out Nashville's cap problems and give away your young RHD to a divisional rival - among other things.
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Actually THAT was the moment the season ended. Not tonight. Not even the Montreal game. That was the moment.
The Sens sat back, blocked a metric ton of shots (27), mostly protected the homeplate in front of the net and challenged the Pens to find a way to overcome it….and they didn’t lol
Granlund was a questionable move at the time, but he hasn’t exactly been put in a situation to succeed either
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Nah Hextall said he liked Granlund two years ago. That, combined with a missed breakaway vs the Pens is all that was needed to convince Ron that he was his guy.
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That's pretty much how I feel. I was surprised Hextall made it to the TDL to be honest, but there's no way he's still got a job after this team's eliminated. Sully's a shithead but for whatever reason he's absolutely adored everywhere outside of this message board. I think by the time he's even anywhere near the hot seat, this team will be so cooked ownership will just shrug and assume it can't be any fault of his.
Dude's gonna be here f***ing things up long after Sid's retired. Cool!
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Penguins had higher standards before. Bylsma/Shero were fired after a 51 win season. They've become a mediocre franchise.
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If you look at the totality of his career, those two cup years are outliers.
HBK was pure luck, it led to sully thinking he reinvented the sport.
Hextall had damn well better be gone at the end of the year. His cap mismanagement is the stuff of legend. My fear though is that uber-idiot Burke will just take over. If that happens, they might as well get the bankruptcy padlocks back out of the basement, because the team will be in ruins in two years.
Only hope to get rid of Sully is that nose dive through New Years in 23-24, and the stars make it clear he needs to go.
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And the seats are starting to be empty more thane very again this season. I hope someone from FSG is paying attention to their investment
But we got HBK 2 with Granlund....
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Their goals are way down. Their powerplay is way down. PK, down. It's an across the board thing that just looks even uglier because Jarry can't stay healthy.
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