Management Travis Green [Head Coach]

[Agent Zuuuub]

It's Christmas and the Senators are in a playoff position!

 

[Loach]

It's Christmas and the Senators are in a playoff position!

Happy Holidays

 

[JD1]

When Green was hired, the media basically suggested that the Vancouver stars were really young at the time of his tenure and weren’t ready to buy in and that the Sens core was more ready so he’d have a better time here. That’s probably at least in part what happened with DJ, Pinto kind of alluded to it when Jacques came in. They asked him what the difference was and he said they’re maturing and committing more and something about how young players don’t always listen.

It’s hard to compare them honestly. DJ basically had a chaotic franchise with a bunch of 21 year olds that thought the Stanley Cup was knocking on their door. Green got a group that was humbled over and over again and flat out told by respected people in charge they would never win unless they changed their ways.

I remember reading something saying there's not much difference between Green and Tocchet in terms of systems. The difference is young kids not listening to Green and being humbled by losing creating a willingness to listen to Tocchet

 

[Alex1234]

Again
Bar was low
But night and day compared to the last guy

 

[swiftwin]

Again
Bar was low
But night and day compared to the last guy

We were due for a new coach and a new voice.

But it is fascinating to see that the last guy immediately got scooped up by the Kings, and now the Kings are the #1 defensive team in the league.

 

[Alf Silfversson]

We were due for a new coach and a new voice.

But it is fascinating to see that the last guy immediately got scooped up by the Kings, and now the Kings are the #1 defensive team in the league.

DJ SMith is fine as an assistant coach because players love him and that helps with the delivery of the head coach's message. He seems like a good person so I'm glad he's found a steady role, but he did next to nothing as a head coach here. There were no details to the teams game other than trying stretch passes on an ungodly percentage of the team's breakouts and to be "hard on pucks".

As soon as DJ was relieved of his duties you saw the impact of a new coach last year. Our breakouts were much more structured, putting our players in a position to succeed. Defensive positioning, and effort, were greatly improved. There was also more accountability with Martin (and now Green) being very clear that they expect defensive responsibility from the players.

DJ seems like a great guy but he was more of a buddy to the players and he did not do a good job here.

 

[bicboi64]

We were due for a new coach and a new voice.

But it is fascinating to see that the last guy immediately got scooped up by the Kings, and now the Kings are the #1 defensive team in the league.

When you've had someone like Kopitar, one of the best defensive forwards of his generation, and a guy like Danault who is a very good shut down guy, your roster is more suited to play better D. Having two selke calibre centres on any of the rosters we iced in front of Smith would've changed so much. Not to mention, even without Doughty, their D core is far superior to anything we had during our rebuild. Of all the variables that contribute towards LA being a top defensive team, Smith is probably one of the least influential.