Your thoughts on Berube & coaching staff

[nuck]

If you take Berube away for 4 weeks hide him on a golf course down south, all our players are healthy, would anyone notice. By that comment I mean, is it system that has us in a similar position in the East standings again or does this team crater.

I'm not trying to be mean but I'm not sure I can identify what Berube has brought to the team, I'm not hating on him, i just dont see what has changed? If Coach Q came here (prays to Jesus), I'm 100% confident you would see a more structured game, with more accountability and a noticeable difference in how the team plays.

Wherever you hide Berube this teams biggest issue has to be AM. He will be lucky to produce 30g and 40 assists when his goal total alone last season was 69. He is taking an MVP bite out of the cap and not able to remotely deliver due to injuries and whatever else is going on with him. Thats like the Oilers replacing McDavid with Brock Nelson and expecting the same result. What would their record be if he had 20 more goals? They would go from 11th in goals for to 2nd. Five more wins makes them first overall. The straw isn't stirring the drink.

So is it Berube's fault that even when 34 is in the lineup and apparently healthy he is mediocre a lot of nights? Well I guess I do have a concern that the Chief comes from a head coaching background where 37g is a monster number so does he fully understand how to get the absolute best out of his gunslingers? I will put it this way, because I don't want to seem like a Berube fan when his team is playing this sloppy hockey -maybe he doesn't have a handle on this very different group of skill sets, or maybe these guys are not all buying in. This was not a lineup built for him so maybe he gets a Berube player or two to change the narrative.

 

[Donnie740]

If anyone can’t see the difference in style of play and overall strategy between Berube and Bozo the Keefe, maybe hockey isn’t the sport for you.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Craig Berube was a way better player than Bozo the Keefe and also a way better coach too.

Yeah no. The team isn't nearly as good at 5 on 5 as they have been in the past 4 seasons heading into this one and the special teams haven't improved. They can still win provided they get great goaltending from Stolarz and Woll in the playoffs but outside of that I doubt it.

 

[BraveCanadian]

If anyone can’t see the difference in style of play and overall strategy between Berube and Bozo the Keefe, maybe hockey isn’t the sport for you.

I can see it, I just don’t think it has been particularly effective.

To me the pluses this year are Tanev, Knies improving, and a huge serving of good goaltending. The minuses are Matthew$ being a 7 million dollar player and the offence in general seeming to struggle.

Luckily for us, to be better in the playoffs goaltending is huge, and surely one of these years one of our big guns has to get hot.