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  1. The Steven's detractors always point to this...but its widely known that he had a crippled roster and a management team in flux. Very unlucky and an unfair portrayal. Torts is like any good coach, if management supplies a compliment of players that fits the coaching philosophy. Great. Holes up and down the line up? Then its all a defensive posture. All in the name of winning. Im bugged that some folks think Torts teams are clumsily defensive. Its not true. Same ridiculous, and unfair knock against AV. He can implement different styles if the correct players are there.
  2. Disagree?! It is not even that. Its the degree of you staying misinformed...and you being proud of it. Other users politely referenced you to some "edumacational" info that backs up and informs the topic and references your idiotic bias. I was purposely douchey and rude to you. You are CDC/douchy, whiny, misinformed Canuck fan 101, and you were called on it. Trying to deflect that on people that were polite with you, and on ones that were pricks to you (me, me,me,me) in the face of you just enjoying being ignorant, is futile. Really, i dont care.
  3. Thats silly to say, considering you were politely referenced to information contrary to your AV bias in your comments. And you are trying to defend and bait/argue your misinformed opinion with some users? Seriously duder.
  4. You are an effing moron. Sorry...but that happened. Oh...watch Boston's first 3 rounds of the playoffs. Copied AV's/Walter's zone matching to a T. San Jose does it....the Pens WANT to do it (and tinkered with the concept when Staal was in the fold)...but Geno is so awful at the dot that Blysma gets even craftier with the same idea and double shifts Sid from time to time to take face offs for the second line. Red Wings do it...but use different set plays after a win. So please...just stop being a dink.
  5. Paul Maurice and the media>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Torts and the media. Just putting that out there.
  6. Ran this by RUPERT, but i wonder if Dave Lewis has been considered? He does fall into the Stevens column of coaching pedigree (moreso as a long time Bowman associate). He could be very well be another excellent career assistant, but id be curious what he has picked up since being fired from the Bruins.
  7. So Blysma should have benched Sid?!!! Same thing. If you really believe Torts made the most awesome coaching move with a team starved for offence while facing elimination from the playoffs.
  8. Your face is stupid?! You want me to be a dink to you on the internet?! I am resolute in my opinion of John Tortorella. If you really feel that was sound coaching and that is the way to run your roster, you have every damn right to believe that the result of that move sent the correct message to the team. To be fair and transparent, i think it was a a flat out idiotic move for AV to not ride Lu in the first round of the playoffs. It sent the absolute wrong message to the team. The result of that speaks for itself.
  9. Obviously MG did good by the team by firing AV...because he chews gum on the bench. You should submit some opinion pieces to the Province. You would fit right in.
  10. Bet you felt the same way when Keenan started benching/scratching Linden. Right? Sent a great message to the rest of the team.
  11. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
  12. Duder, he benched Brad fricking Richards. He may have been playing average, but you do not quit on a guy like that in that juncture of a playoff run. You slot him in a different role and reduce his minutes so he is hungry to play correctly. Reducing a team's chances for offence with benching Richard's. What an awful message that sends out to the young players. How Slats ever agreed with this tactic is beyond comprehension.
  13. It wasnt a complete failure, but yes you can argue about a Stevens hire for sure. Never really regarded the Kings in the way you described. The players assembled by Lombardi clearly fit a style he wants which is disciplined, hard nosed, physical Hockey with a good balance of skill. You do need size on the roster to play that way, but you risk injury. If anything they remind me of a cleaner Bruins. For sure theres an argument to be made about Stevens as he has been involved with teams that feature bigger skilled players and there is a formula on how to win with that type of roster. Maybe Stevens is ahead of the game and has asked about how MG plans to flesh out the team with suitable personnel?!!! But really, i share your feeling about not knowing who would be the right fit. I have zero idea who could really work here. But i think its safe to say that coaches would probably like to work with the core talent and may have some great concepts that fit in with managements desire to usher in youth in the right roster spots. Its a pretty scary adventure. And im glad MG is taking his time. I think we all can agree that this team in its current state must start graduating only our best prospects to keep shaping the club after the Sedin era and continue the traditions of staying competitive.
  14. Not everyones opinions suck. But its fair of you to ask me to not be a dink. Even though ive already posted which angle i support as far as candidates go. Just tired of seeing people parrot exactly what is trending on TSN and the Province with this coaching search. First it was the Ruff bandwagon, which is fully understandable, he probably would be a fine replacement. Then it was the Eeakin's bandwagon. Fits the thinking-out-of-the-box requirement for MG. And that is about it. From the research ive done he deserves a chance, but not with this current make up of this team. Rookie coaches with a veteran core is probably a risky endeavor. However i think he is the perfect fit for the Oils. Even riskier is supporting a Torts hire, or a desire to have him here. He certainly fits the criteria for ownership, but not management...or the organization as a whole. He is a good coach for a particular type of team that needs discipline amongst the player ranks. He can coach (actually all coaches can do so too...) different styles...BUT... He is absolutely atrocious in handling star players. I mean its stupifying. Sitting Brad Richards when your team is on the ropes in the playoffs????!!!!!!!! Hands down has to be one of the top-10 most idiotic Hockey coaching gaffes in the new NHL. I give him credit for shouldering blame for the playoff exit. But to hear him say he simply did not know what to do to get guys working harder is telling. It is also not lost on me that most of the problems with that roster, aside from key injuries lay squarely with the players. The many red flags are historically clear. And i simply do not care if he won a Cup with Tampa, he came in at a time and changed their culture, and then he became toxic for the club after that win. Watch that 24/7 with him. You can witness how many guys tune him out, even when he his not being heavy handed with them. And players over the years speaking out about him clearly indicate he would be the wrong fit. For those that argue that it be great to have him here to kick player's butts to jump start the team, id argue that ANY coach hired will have the same effect without the antiquated methods of being a frigging bully. No to Torts, and a hell yeah to Stevens.
  15. Holy effing hell, Canuck fans have terrible taste in coaches.
  16. I am stretching here... But its plausible that Lundquivst (sic) has probably been in touch with the Twins about Torts. 'Jus sayin...
  17. At this point, if i was to believe that he is being scouted for head coach, i put my support behind a Stevens hire. The Flyers job was really a blip. That was a time where they were (and still are) grossly mismanaged. He has worked with some of the best minds in Hockey and can bring something to the team. If Gillis wants to sprinkle the roster with some skilled size, i think Stevens would be a suitable guy to help this along.
  18. He would get chronic headaches tied to the stresses of head coaching. Odd that he shoulders stress that way. As a player he was cool as a cucumber.
  19. Nice work on the goalie #s in the Lu thread! ;)

  20. He most certainly did not this past season. Dont play dumb to suit your disdain for AV.
  21. I wonder if Dave Lewis' style has changed at all??!!! Always liked him and he was never given good players (except when he replaced Bowman) as coach of the Bruins. Actually id pull for him more than i would any suggestions from anywhere here in the last 5 years.
  22. His Cup win may shelter him. After 2 first round exits...and a possible elimination currently...you just never know. He may also be protected by both Bowman's. Scotty always believed that you must retain the same staff with ownership trusting management to engineer the "right mix" of players.
  23. I wrote "was" with due purpose. And would deserve flaming if i commented with "is".
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