Sooooo Are the Predators bad?

[Nogatco Rd]

The new players haven't bought into Brunette's system yet. But they're not doing themselves any favours right now by putting themselves into a hole right away.

What’s Brunette’s system?

 

[Honour Over Glory]

What’s Brunette’s system?

Here's a few links below that help.

So far, Brunette's coaching style has led to some success in Nashville, which he says is a product of the coaches he has had over the years.

There's Lemaire's defensive structure and discipline, Quenneville's high-pressure offensive attack and Trotz's fierce competitive drive on and off the ice.

"Sometimes I hear [Jacques] in my head saying, 'Slow it down, slow it down,' " Brunette said. "But it's all three, really. A sum of all the parts."

In Brunette's first year in Nashville, he took a team with little playoff hopes to the first round against Vancouver. The Predators lost in six games, but the group's determination and togetherness stuck with him. Reminded him of when he played.

How an oft-overlooked, self-driven Andrew Brunette found his way to Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators coach Andrew Brunette details his early life in Sudbury, his affinity for the outdoors and his unique connection with Barry Trotz.

www.tennessean.com

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/nashville-predators/latest-news/brunettes-style-of-play-enthusiastic-entertaining-and-fun-to-play

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5299132/2024/02/27/predators-andrew-brunette-u2-concert/

 

[BlueAzN]

Preds should be renamed to Pretenders - that's all they'll ever be.

 

[chris kontos]

Predators not as bad as the kings.
So they got that goin for em

 

[BonMorrison]

Preds should be renamed to Pretenders - that's all they'll ever be.

ahahaha that's such a good one, where do you come up with this

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

ahahaha that's such a good one, where do you come up with this

I would definitely trust Leafs fans to know what a pretender looks like.

 

[jackjohnson]

yeah they stink but I think they’ll still make the playoffs and lose in rd 1 like every year

They lost their heart and soul player in Sherwood, i doubt they make the playoffs now. Who will be the one forechecking hard for them? Stamkos??

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

They lost their heart and soul player in Sherwood, i doubt they make the playoffs now. Who will be the one forechecking hard for them? Stamkos??

Based on 5 games, only if someone is pushing him around the ice.

 

[nbwingsfan]

No team has ever made the playoffs starting 0-5 sooo not looking great for them.

Nor my bold SCF prediction for them

 

[syz]

Preds are cursed. They're too good at drafting/developing D and goalies to ever truly be bad enough to finally fix their offensive issues. Every time they go free agent or trade hunting for help up front they strike out, outside of the miracle Forsberg trade that they likely just fluked into.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Brunette is not good at coaching. He's not bad. He's just not good.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Crazy to think about a team with legit playoff aspirations being 10pts back from 3rd in the division, only 5 games into the season

 

[Soundgarden]

1-5 Baby! Is it too premature to plan the parade?

 

[Sniper99]

Look pretty good tonight

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

1-5 Baby! Is it too premature to plan the parade?

Already working on the banner.

 

[dirtydanglez]

they will turn it around and challenge for a wc spot.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Both Stamkos and Marchessault are going to take a lot longer to adjust than I think a lot of people realize. They've more or less played for the same team, within the same season for over half a decade. In Stammer's case, literally his whole career. There's going to be some growing pains.

Nashville is probably more a later surge team instead of an early dominate one. Might have overrated them a little myself putting them second in the division though.

 

[Brookbank]

Doesn't look like they've figured it out yet, They probably aren't this bad. All the experts had them ahead of the Canucks

Stamkos is looking like post buyout Lecaveleir.

 

[Armourboy]

Doesn't look like they've figured it out yet, They probably aren't this bad. All the experts had them ahead of the Canucks

Stamkos is looking like post buyout Lecaveleir.

We got the win and right now that's the main thing. It's not going to get much better until Brunette stops making dumb roster decisions.

 

[syz]

Both Stamkos and Marchessault are going to take a lot longer to adjust than I think a lot of people realize. They've more or less played for the same team, within the same season for over half a decade. In Stammer's case, literally his whole career. There's going to be some growing pains.

Nashville is probably more a later surge team instead of an early dominate one. Might have overrated them a little myself putting them second in the division though.

Also think there's a distinct possibility that one or both of them just don't adjust. We can drag Tampa and Vegas for their lack of "loyalty" or whatever but those teams aren't stupid. If they're moving on from players there's often a reason.

 

[Al Lagoon]

Brunette is not good at coaching. He's not bad. He's just not good.

When the Wild had both Walz and Brunette, I thought Brunette would have been the natural media personality, because he's funny and bright, and Walz would be thew good coach, because of his work ethic and selfless play.
Ends up Walz is a bad commentator, and Bruno is a bad coach.

 

[Osprey]

This thread aged like milk. The Preds are now officially on a winning streak after coming from behind to defeat the mighty Chicago Blackhawks.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

Also think there's a distinct possibility that one or both of them just don't adjust. We can drag Tampa and Vegas for their lack of "loyalty" or whatever but those teams aren't stupid. If they're moving on from players there's often a reason.

Seems like the Preds are just having some predictable trouble getting all the new faces to find some chemistry, which takes months to develop. They'll probably look a lot better in January than now.

Vegas would have been quite happy to have Marchessault back ..... up to a certain price-point. He's still got a few more good years in him. But, yeah, if a player isn't working out for whatever reason, McCrimmon will dump them faster than last week's tuna salad. This off-season, McCrimmon's problem was that too many of the UFAs were overpriced because of their Cup pedigree (Marchy, Carrier, Amadio) and he had to choose between overpaying them (according to his metrics) or letting them walk, and he let them all walk. Nothing wrong with them other than their being overpriced from his perspective.