I took it from a recent article where Trotz indicated two things. He wants to take a position where the team is built to compete with little rebuilding. He spoke of his age and no desire to coach a long period of time. I was optimistic when he bought a home in Nashville but then he did this interview limiting the number of years he wants to put in to making another run at the cup. He stated he liked the situation on the island, so it would not suprise me if he ended up back there.
Yes everyone knows Juuso has been great, which is why it makes no sense that his reward for good play has been to receive less ice time and have Smith put on his wing over Forsberg. Both Parssinnen and Forsberg have much better stats playing together versus apart. I get that Forsberg-Glass-Duchene has been good too (at least outside of last night) so there is some limitation there, but why not play Parsinnen with some other skilled wingers. We've even got a talented kid down in Milwaukee that he had some chemistry with when they played together to start the year that would be a good option too.
I didn't know you could do that. This board just became SO much better to read.
The Tennessean ran an interview with Poile this morning and one of the questions asked was if Hynes job was in jeopardy to which Poile responded "Absolutely Not". Our only hope is that when Haslam takes over control of the team that he immediately requests Poile's retirement!It feels to me like Poile has been too patient with things like this game. A game like last night at this point in the season needs some kind of response/shakeup doesn't it? I mean, if you're serious about actually wanting to make the playoffs, anyway. If you truly don't care one way or the other, okay, that's different, but I didn't get the impression that was supposed to be the philosophy here?
How many times is the answer going to be to just let Hynes spin the wheel on mixing up the line combos again? If that's going to be the only response to things, what even was the point in getting McDonagh/Nino/Lankinen and signing those big contract extensions for Forsberg and Ekholm and all that? If the answer is going to be to just sit back and let things play out, that's not a lot of fun for us fans.
Even if Hynes job was on the line, poile isn’t gonna come out and say it. He’s got no balls in that department. Never shows his hand for better or worse
I agree but I'll also say this, if Hynes job isn't in jeopardy then Poile's needs to be.
Poile’s job will not be in jeopardy until Haslam assumes majority ownership. That’s been made crystal clear.
Which is in, what, 2026 or so?
Ownership pays no attention to the voices of the fans, they pay attention to the profit or loss of the franchise. When they start losing money, they might try to evaluate why.Which is in, what, 2026 or so?
I could imagine that even while Haslam is in the phased buy-in years, his desires might still hold a lot of sway, however, since everybody else on the board is aware he's going to be majority owner fairly soon anyway?
Either way, I can't see how Poile keeps Hynes on as coach if the team misses the playoffs. That clearly wasn't the intent heading into this season, plus Poile truly seemed unsure about retaining Hynes at the conclusion of last season's collapse also. I don't see him making the change in mid-season now, we're kind of past the point of no return (not really, but in terms of the glacial pace Poile seems to prefer), but indeed if we do miss the playoffs and he keeps Hynes anyway... I think we can at the least be within our rights to ratchet up the heat/criticism of Poile as a fanbase. Even if we don't expect that to lead to a change, our voice can still at least start to be heard. Whereas to date, it has mostly just been dismissed as "a few crackpots" anytime criticisms of Poile were leveled. But more voices could at least tip that perception.
Then fans should stop supporting the owners. This shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.
16-17 Stanley cup final loss
