What do you think should happen with Derek Lalonde?

[odin1981]

Well playoffs or not lalonde is not doing a good job.

Playing Kane with copp and compher. What a waste.

Continues to play chirot and petry way too much. Almost as much as our top pair which is stupid and costs us zone time and points.

Refuses to try new things. Edvinsson on pp 2 over gustufson who has done nothing. Not chiroot and petry on the pk to suck.

Never calls timeouts. No clear structure. Never has the team able to play for 60 minutes. Too many issues that are reoccurring consistently. Coaching change is needed.

I don't see him gone until the end of the season. I'm not against a change being made, but there really isn't anyone available. If he keeps them in the bottom 10, hey maybe we actually win a top 3 lotto pick this year? There isn't much of a reason to sack him during the year and cause chaos to the team.

Having a new coach with new systems on the fly during the season isn't the best for the future core.

 

[Run the Jewels]

If he keeps them in the bottom 10, hey maybe we actually win a top 3 lotto pick this year?

We aren't winning a lottery or moving up. 100% isn't going to happen.

 

[odin1981]

We aren't winning a lottery or moving up. 100% isn't going to happen.

Does the team look better than a top 10 pick?

 

[Chris Langlois]

I don't see him gone until the end of the season. I'm not against a change being made, but there really isn't anyone available. If he keeps them in the bottom 10, hey maybe we actually win a top 3 lotto pick this year? There isn't much of a reason to sack him during the year and cause chaos to the team.

Having a new coach with new systems on the fly during the season isn't the best for the future core.

Coach Q is available and would be excellent for developing our young players. Remember chicago was young when he took that team over!

 

[odin1981]

Coach Q is available and would be excellent for developing our young players. Remember chicago was young when he took that team over!

Someone who protects a SA'r doesn't need to be in the league any longer.

 

[KasperTheGrittyGhost]

This team is just never ready to play for a game they really need. Lalonde has no feel for the momentum of a game, doesn’t match lines well, and hasn’t seemed to develop any of the young guys. He’s Dave Lewis 2.0.

 

[Coach Reggie Dunlop]

He should be replaced asap just off the fact alone that the fans should be acknowledged and our frustrations heard. Truth is though, the roster sucks, yzerman added some truly sucky players. Even without lalonde we are gonna suck, but we should still be better than this.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Give it some time.

 

[Hen Kolland]

The prospects will be the nucleus of who improves the wings 3-5 years down the line. They are a greater priority to have a good mentor than by and large the NHL castoffs on the wings.

I will actually agree with Lalonde here for once. The wings were lucky to have the year they had last year. It wasn't a turning the corner type thing. It was a outlier year. This year is more a temporary set back year where they regress to the mean.

The team is not ready to push to the playoffs.

They have not regressed to the mean. Considering that half the team makes the playoffs and they missed the playoffs by a single point, they effectively were the mean.

They are now bottom 3 in the league in goals scored and are closer in the standings to the Ducks, Sharks, Blackhawks, Canadiens, and Jackets, not the Bruins, Islanders and Capitals that they were supposed to be competing with.

If they regressed to the mean, the mean you're talking about is being an extremely shitty lottery team with no discernible future of being competitive. A team that still lacks depth, still lacks truly elite players at the top, and still has no prospects that will significantly alter the path they are on.