Rumor: Trade Rumors and Proposals Thread | Ken Holland, There's Nowhere to Run to, Nowhere to Hide
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Broberg Speed
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I guess it's time to start following prospects for the draft. Which player will drop to us that Holland will pass over and which team drafting after us gets the next all-star?
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Brought to you by Staufer Stuffing.
This Stony guy made a legitimate call at the beginning of December about the team's issues, and King Fart Sniffer blew him off then too.
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At the end of the day If you can trust in your management to stand up to the players and tell them this is your damn job . Sadly we have a Gm that is well past the expiry date and is living on his coattails of the past. I personally think there is more to what meets the eye and no matter how upset the fans are going to be, were stuck with this team till next year and with any luck, we can offload some dead weight with a gm that knows what he is doing. I was never a Sather fan but the one thing you knew was ,it was his team and the players wanted to play for him
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What are all the terms that pro athletes use when they talk about their games.... battling, getting in the trenches, going to war.
Pro sports teams come to army units for team building exercises so they can share in hardship. It's almost like what we do is a little more difficult than playing a game for a living. It's almost like we train our entire careers to learn how to lead people in life and death situations. I can't talk about a lot of things when it comes to pro sports, but I can guarantee I've forgotten more about leadership than most pro athletes will ever learn.
Seriously, all you do here is regurgitate whatever is said on the radio and then say it again and again and again and again like you're the smartest guy in the room.
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Why is Woodcroft such a good coach it's he gained a lot of experience watching Tmac make bad decisions Brunette in Florida is another example Most of the top teams are being coached by either former assistants or a long track record of coaching in minor leagues . The Old school coaches are spinning their wheels for the most part in the league
That rumor is above my pay grade.
If you are gonna lose, lose cause you were out skilled, not because the other teAm outworked you.
Play till the end no matter the score
Missing smitty
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That's on coaching. Tippett is clearly a carrot and stick coach who only uses the stick on bottom 6 forwards. Draisaitl's back hand passes that turn into turnovers don't lead to his diminished ice time. McDavid going full controller disconnect in the D zone doesn't mean he rides pine for a single shift. A guy like Perlini (who I don't think is particularly good) scores a goal and then barely sees the ice again.
Tippett is clearly out of ideas, but doesn't want to give up those sweet, sweet Katz dollars.
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Holland not firing Tippett might be the most tone deaf thing the Oilers have done in the last 10 years, and that's saying something.
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At no point have I suggested that Mikko Koskinen, Stuart Skinner or Mike Smith are the preferred solution. You're trying to convince people that fixing the goalie will set this team on a different path. That isn't a certainty with the quality of team they possess.
I'm telling you that trading anything for an 'upgrade' on Koskinen will not mask the deficiencies of the current roster.
Seriously, how many games is he willing to sit and watch this mess?
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I mean I know his feelings, I've been there. You get stubborn on a issue, then when things start to prove you wrong, you double down and hunker down even more on your position because you want to see the reaction when you get proven right. The more you get proven wrong, the more you hunker down. It's a predictable flaw in a lot of people, including myself.
The difference is I'm just some random dude on a hockey board, not a GM of a pro sports team getting paid 5M dollars a year to be better than that.
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Never a popular comment.. but what is the Captain doing to fix this mess?? Time to step up the leadership. He was completely invisible the other day. Unacceptable.
McDavid yelling at the team and showing leadership won't fix the skill in net
There is no fixing this without a goalie. Oiler fans need to simply understand, no goalie = no playoffs.
Simple as that. There's no leadership that's changing that.
I don't have to convince anyone. Without a top end starter they are not a playoff team.
They were not last year, their metrics with Koskinen in net were terrible last year.
They are shit again this year with Koskinen-Skinner forced to be the starter.
And they'll miss the playoffs for many more years until they get a top flight starter. There is no middle path here.
They don't want to spend on this position, fine, just don't come crying in 1-2 years because the relationship with McDavid and Draisiatl is ruined beyond repair.
Look I love McDavid as a player but something is definitely not working with this leadership group.
Yeah the goalie can't make a save. There's the answer to your magic mystery.
They're the same team as last year, the only thing that's changed is instead of getting 2.31 goals against per game in games Smith played, they're now getting the standard 3.2 goals against per game that Koskinen-Skinner-broken ass Smith allow.
The gap between 2.31 GAA is the gap between Carolina (no.1 defense in the NHL) and a 3.23 GAA bottom 7 lottery team's GAA.
That's all. What's happening now with their record cratering is predictable and should quite frankly have been expected.
Don't blame the "leadership" ... Keith has more leadership than most anyone in the league ... it just doesn't mean jack shit when you are allowing 3+ goals against per game because your goaltending sucks. And that isn't just something exclusive to this year, last year Koskinen-Skinner also allowed 3+ goals against per game. It's basically the same thing.
The gap between 2.31 GAA is the gap between Carolina (no.1 defense in the NHL) and a 3.23 GAA bottom 7 lottery team's GAA.
That's all. What's happening now with their record cratering is predictable and should quite frankly have been expected.
Don't blame the "leadership" ... Keith has more leadership than most anyone in the league ... it just doesn't mean jack shit when you are allowing 3+ goals against per game because your goaltending sucks. And that isn't just something exclusive to this year, last year Koskinen-Skinner also allowed 3+ goals against per game. It's basically the same thing.
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