What do you think should happen with Derek Lalonde?

[GettingYourMoms]

It´s his fault that we lost Zadina, booo!

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

It´s his fault that we lost Zadina, booo!

Give him an extension now.

 

[Konnan511]

We're 3 points out of a playoff spot with two games in hand. Chill my guys.

 

[GettingYourMoms]

Give him an extension now.

That´s right! Give Zadina extension now!

 

[Oddbob]

Can we just fire this guy already?

Man I hate the way we play. We only attack offensively when we have to, otherwise low skill garbage hockey.

 

[Dotter]

Guys, he's not getting fired. Yzerman had his chance after the road trip and didn't fire him. He's coaching out the remainder of his contract come hell or high water.

The "fire the coach" dream is dead.

Yzerman is most likely selling at TDL and drafting top 10. I think that was his goal all along.

 

[Ulysses31]

Guys, he's not getting fired. Yzerman had his chance after the road trip and didn't fire him. He's coaching out the remainder of his contract come hell or high water.

The "fire the coach" dream is dead.

Yzerman is most likely selling at TDL and drafting top 10. I think that was his goal all along.

agree with the first 2 paragraphs

 

[Ed Ned and Leddy]

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

Lalonde will get hired faster.

 

[lilidk]

My prediction about Montgomery gets New job Sunday was correct, I was just wrong about witch team hires him

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

Lalonde will get hired faster.

Faster for Fester

I ask again, how much longer does this organization expect fans to keep paying to see a lackluster team on the ice? Clearly upper management sees this young season as a throwaway already, so why should fans be invested?

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

Faster for Fester

I ask again, how much longer does this organization expect fans to keep paying to see a lackluster team on the ice? Clearly upper management sees this young season as a throwaway already, so why should fans be invested?

I know its going to suck but if we punt this season, sell at the deadline and have another strong draft we might be set up better in 3-4 years...

 

[JediOrderPizza]

He got 5 years and has old ties there. Makes sense.

 

[OneMoreTry]

I know its going to suck but if we punt this season, sell at the deadline and have another strong draft we might be set up better in 3-4 years...

Problem is, we keep saying that for at least 3-4 years already...

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

Problem is, we keep saying that for at least 3-4 years already...

We can go young and trade them all except Mo, Razor, Kasper, Ed and Larkin. If we are going to suck anyway we need to be way younger than this...

 

[Go Wings]

Stupid Red Wings. You could have fired Lalonde and hired Montgomery but nope. We need to keep this train wreck going for some reason.

 

[The Flying Octopus]

Stupid Red Wings. You could have fired Lalonde and hired Montgomery but nope. We need to keep this train wreck going for some reason.

Country Club

 

[Frk It]

Faster for Fester

I ask again, how much longer does this organization expect fans to keep paying to see a lackluster team on the ice? Clearly upper management sees this young season as a throwaway already, so why should fans be invested?

You say this like there is some easy way to have an alternative situation.

I mean I’ll point out this is the same org that gave you 20 consecutive years of playoff hockey and 4 Cups over that span.

They were going to have to re build eventually. Sorry, dude.

 

[Coach Reggie Dunlop]

Not firing lalonde after this start to the season just shows yzerman is checked out already on the season. If we were supposed to be competing for the playoffs then this season is already a failure and the FO is doing nothing to try and fix it. At this point, yzermans seat should be getting hot. Choosing a lame duck coach is one thing but refusing to get rid of him when it’s obviously not working is even worse. And that’s not to mention the awful roster construction.

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

You say this like there is some easy way to have an alternative situation.

I mean I’ll point out this is the same org that gave you 20 consecutive years of playoff hockey and 4 Cups over that span.

They were going to have to re build eventually. Sorry, dude.

My brother in Christ, we're 5 years into Yzermans rebuild, 8 years into the rebuild altogether. 25 years of playoffs started well before I was born. I get "have patience", but why give deals to Kane and Tank and Gus when we had dudes waiting to fill those spots in the lineup?

Sounds more like Steve had higher expectations for where we should be. And in that case, why not make a coaching change?

 

[Borlag]

Lalonde, just like Chiarot and Petry should just step on a lego and go on ltir for the rest of their careers. It's his third season and there's still no proper structure to the game. The penalty killing seems to be on and off, where it works decent in some games but on average...well, just by pk percentage, we're dead last in the league. Pretty much the only thing that does work adequately is the power play.

Wouldn't really object to having the entire coaching team being fired, same goes for pro scouting. Results speak for themselves, not the names.

 

[RabidBadger]

My brother in Christ, we're 5 years into Yzermans rebuild, 8 years into the rebuild altogether. 25 years of playoffs started well before I was born. I get "have patience", but why give deals to Kane and Tank and Gus when we had dudes waiting to fill those spots in the lineup?

Sounds more like Steve had higher expectations for where we should be. And in that case, why not make a coaching change?

Who is being blocked by Kane, Tank and Gus? Who could legitimately be called up and have the team be in a equal or better position? Mazur was the next guy up but that's out. Lombardi, Danielson and Tuo or Wallinder would be the next in line and I don't think they would fare well in the NHL at this point.

I won't refute your 2nd point though. I think the current roster is better than how they have performed. I find the "blame it in roster construction" to be fairly bogus. I think the best players, given this team is a bottom dweller, were brought in. What I'm not seeing is a cohesive system for the team. That falls on coaching to me.