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EdgarM

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  1. Hey Apollo my apologies for sounding a bit bitter, but we really should have won in 2011!!! I came from an era of watching great hockey players who had the "whole package" such as Lemieux, Yzerman, Linden etc. who elevated their games in the playoffs and certainly didn't let anyone push them around. There was no holes in their game and they could shoot, pass, hit, skate AND had skill up the yin yang. They also fought when they needed to, there was no need to put someone else on their lines to protect" them. They(Sedins) did entertain and they did great in the regular season but even you have to admit that they won't be recognized for what they accomplished in the post season. I don't disagree with any of the accolades you presented though. You are spot on.
  2. Its funny after what happened in 2011 people are complaining about Myers? The one dimensional softy smurf teams of old have gotten us nowhere except for presidents cups.............I am kinda hoping for a little more outta this team, personally.
  3. I used to be on a hiring board a few years ago and "gaps" in resume's were significant and raised "red flags" for us. I don't think I would name every job you did though but maybe a "gist" between such and such dates. Maybe say "various small jobs such as ......." and then "more info. available upon request". You can fill them in on each job if asked but at least it shows that you were employed for that time period. Hope this helps and good luck.
  4. I agree he didn't look good out there in O/T but in his defense, he is not the usual guy that is deployed in O/T. I would give him a bit of time with it before passing judgement on his play.
  5. OK let me slow it down for you. Make changes B E F O R E the game and not D U R I N G the game. Top 6 not doing so well. PP#1, not doing so well. Maybe change up during practices to find chemistry, Are you still with me?
  6. Never said I was a coach just a fan tired of watching his team lose while the coach does nothing about it. I have said this for a long time, if I watched a consistently hard fought game every night and we lost, I would be OK with that. When your coach thinks that leaving things the same and hoping for a different outcome, that is not fun to watch. He looks like he doesn't know what he is doing and it doesn't take a genius to see it. Coaches live and die on winning and he is running out of time. He no longer has a goalie to bail him out.
  7. So is Boeser, Horvat, Pearson and Hoglander. Other Top 6ers Not sure what Green's strategy is here, if there is one. Keep things the same, and then, if it continues to fail, mix all of the lines during the game at some point? Looks like the lines remain the same in the top 6 and most of them have gone pointless in the last 3 games and the PP has not scored a goal yet. Why not switch Hogs and Boeser up? and not for a shift or two I mean for a game or two. Why not change personnel up on PP1? Flipping all these players around during a game just seems so amateur and makes the coach look like he doesn't know what he is doing or he doesn't know what he has in his players. They have to be getting discouraged by it. I think Jake played on 3 different lines in one game. Start the game with a plan and stick to it! If it doesn't work, make changes in practice, not during the game. Oh yeah, and it would be nice if he could get his players to skate hard and make a hit every once in awhile, if not, bench them. Too much favoritism going, it appears , and I am sure this doesn't help in team comradery.
  8. I tried to explain this before but too many had their "rose colored glasses" on.
  9. I think Marky covered up a lot of those flaws in our game and now he is not here to make the coach look good anymore.
  10. Virtanen doesn't play on the #1 PP or the PK. He is not a Top 6 guy who has gone pointless in the last 3 games!!!!
  11. and yet........the coaching staff have decided to throw him in key moments of the game including the PK. What gives? Not sure what they are thinking.
  12. I would never want my team to lose on purpose but if that what its going to take to get this team to the next level then I am all for it. People worry about this player or that coach and get attached to them but this is a business and it is in the business to win.
  13. Been saying this for awhile, this is everything like a Sedin led team without them. Weird. Unfortunately, I think the coaching staff teach the same philosophy. The team needs to adapt to different kinds of games, we are built for scoring lots of goals and just plain outscoring our opponents. If are top 6 are held scoreless we are in trouble. We have no desire to get gritty, get physical or out work our opponents. This has been this way for years. Our game lives and dies on the sticks of our top 6. They are afforded tons of ice time, whether they are in a funk or not. Whether they get pushed around or not or whether they are being out scored. Torts tried to teach them to play a different kind of game and they just shut down and quit playing for him. Nobody wanted to work hard, nobody wanted to block shots, no one wanted to get gritty. If Bo, Petey, Boes and Hogs get outworked and are physically muscled off the puck, we are going to have a hard time winning games. Nobody gets more ice time then them. So keep complaining about the guys who get limited ice time(Vets,bottom 6), the D or the goalies, because the culture of this team has to change and I don't think Green is capable of taking this team to that next step.
  14. Nice stats bit what is even more scarier then that? Our top 6 have Zero points in the last 3 games, except for Miller's assist tonight. Boeser,Petey,Bo,Pearson,Hoglander pointless. The PP? Hasn't scored yet this season, 4 games in. The two guys with the least amount of ice time? ............had 5 shots and the other had a goal.
  15. I am seeing a pattern in your statement. To add, the bigger guys get the least amount of ice time as well. Coincidence? Somebody should ask Green that.
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