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  1. Ironically he said that, then proceeded to go on and on about the similar things he shouldn't have said before. Like saying Aquaman was recruiting coaches behind Greens back, and we'll definitely be seeing Hogs/Podz called up - which he had to walk himself back on and embarrassingly say Allvin should be deciding those things.....not to dissect everything but details matter as Tocchet kept alluding to.
  2. Something curious from the presser....why was Tocchet going on about creating a 'safe' environment for the players and Allvin followed up saying its important for the players to feel safe coming to the rink every day (I think it was him that said that)? Is there something I missed or were they referring to some ongoing issue we don't know about? Why wouldn't players already feel safe?
  3. He's a person with a criminal record for a crime he admitted to perpetrating. And no, he wasn't just playing poker In his basement. Is that better?
  4. How? He's still the 'apprentice', every major decision still goes through JR. JR admitted he was the one making the calls to other coaches and said things in the media he shouldn't have, stirringthe speculation. At this point, I have no reason otherwise to believe Allvin was simply a passenger on JR's train. Not to mention JR took responsibility (and good on him for doing so) and Allvin didn't say a word on that to the contrary.
  5. I think he just toned it way down to make a good first impression. Obviously his agent told him he's walking into a hornets nest, be careful. He spoke a lot, but didn't say anything really meaningful. Now that the distaste for how JR handled this situation, combined with the realization that I'm just a passenger on this ride and can't actually do sh!# about anything, is sinking in, I suppose I should start looking for positives - for me that's the TDL (hopefully), and seeing Hogs/Pod called up at some point and see if they've made progress?
  6. A bit ahead of ourselves, no? With the inevitable 'coaching change bump' in performance, and possible Demko return, we could very easily be drafting in the 10-15 overall range. A perfect spot to keep the record of absolute mediocrity going strong!
  7. He organized and personally participated in a nation wide gambling ring across multiple sports and recruited NHL players, coaches, owners and law enforcement to participate. It was also linked to the mafia. But Ok, go ahead and compare it to a basement poker game if you want.
  8. Exactly. That was well said. Tocchet's criminal history and controversial personal opinions notwithstanding, I don't like this hire at this point in the season. JR himself said coaching changes often produce an unsustainable 'bump' in performance, which is exactly what we don't need right now - referring to the upcoming 'generational' draft. Furthermore, BB was on the last year of his contract, the classy thing for JR to do would've been to just ride it out, take the heat for the season on himself, and allow a great person with a good reputation to finish the season, and perhaps his career on his own terms, then clean house - doing that would've had zero negative impact on this franchise long-term. Everybody hates the way JR handled this and people in this market have good memories.
  9. Tocchet is a 'systems' driven coach, exactly why JR chose him I suspect. He will demand players perform within his system or they simply won't play, your salary won't matter to Tocchet. The real question is - what will this expectation do to the creativity of guys like Petey/Huggy? How badly will their offense output suffer in a defensive-minded system? Would they want to play here long-term under this type of system? We most certainly will not be one of the higher scoring teams in the league for much longer under Tocchet, but we shouldn't be one of the absolute worst defensive either so....
  10. So being the best of a bunch of 'meh' is somehow good these days? That'll probably be management's end of year press message, "We had the best record of all non-playoff teams, so we were actually good."
  11. Who? FA has child abuse charges against him that have yet to be proven (or disproved) in family courts - as such he's 'accused' at this point. Tocchet is a convicted criminal by every definition of the phrase.
  12. We didn't have a convicted criminal behind the bench, so not even close for me. This has to be at or very near the all time low.
  13. Sadly our owner is an accused criminal, and our coach is a convicted criminal, never did I see this day coming. Their meeting likely discussed a lot of common topics......
  14. Pretty calculated move by management, make this presser on Sunday afternoon when there's NFL playoffs and Chinese New Year & various other things happening around....like they don't want all the negative press.....
  15. So on some of those highlight packs, the footage is so bad (far away) you can't tell who's even carrying the puck - it's all like that?
  16. And what happens if they don't get a trade done? Or worse, what happens if he gets hurt at the ASG?
  17. For the record, before people get too excited: Foote has zero professional coaching experience and only ever coached 1 'meh' season in the WHL when his son was on the team. Gonchar only has coaching experience with one other NHL team, of which he was a former player. Tocchet has a career losing record as an NHL coach.
  18. Hope you're proud of yourself JR, that was one of the most classless debacles in franchise history.   Sad part, the books not closed on this wasted season. 

    1. naslund.is.king

      naslund.is.king

      Just wait. His hardest job has yet to come...TDL is right around the corner

    2. Fanuck

      Fanuck

      Good point, I think we should all be somewhat concerned.  Other than signing Kuz, can anyone list a meaningful move this management has made?

  19. This could've been handled so much more professionally. JR certainly should have known how to deal with this better. Shame.
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