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Jeff Blashill is still coaching the Griffins in the finals. If we go the A route, he's a better option than Eakins. Former assistant to Babcock.
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However, with the national spotlight on Torts, people in the media here will start thinking like they're the next Don Cherry or something.
Still worth it to watch Torts own them? Maybe.
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While hiring Torts would signal the end of this group, i am a fan of hiring Torts as much as i'm not a fan of the media in this town. They'd get what they'd deserve.
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Torts here would be a gong show. It would solidify our lengthly decline.
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Dallas Eakins is of course overrated because of the TO connection.
If we're going the AHL coach route, then why not go to the team that eliminated Eakins' Marlies?
Jeff Blashill - Won championship for USHL Indiana Ice in year one. Now in year one for Grand Rapids and is currently en route to probably another championship in year one. Was an assistant for Detroit last season. He's clearly being primed for an NHL head coaching job. Will probably get one right away.
Might be another Paul Maclean-type gold nugget. Might not be experienced enough.
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Don't Kesler, Hank, Dank and the rest of the leaders concur with KB's thoughts on this issue? Are they all 'bigger than the team'? They ARE the team.
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We would've lost the series in 3.I agree. As scary as Ballard can be, he should've taken bieksa's spot during the playoffs as there was obviously injury still lingering.
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So i guess we forgot how badly this team played without Bieksa?
I think he knows what he's doing.
He also knows what he's talking about. All a crack the whip coach would do is divide the room. Young players are used to it while vets are tired of it.
If anything, we need a motivational coach. Or a coach with more ideas than AV, who actually said, "I'm out of ideas." ie. "Fire me now."
One thing that bothered me about AV is that he never talked to the players on the bench. He would cut down icetime, but then wouldn't tell them why or what they could improve on. Then he would bench them altogether when they failed to live up to his unknown expectations. He seemed to let his assistants do the job.
The great coaches all chat it up bigtime with their teams when they want something done right then.
It's not 'crack the whip.' It's motivational. If what the coach says turns out to be right, that builds confidence and momentum.
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He's been around forever though, and he has been a head coach before. (Dismal failure in StL)
While it's nice that he's involved with this seasons' Hawk team, he was involved with quite a few sub-par teams before this season.
So the question is if he's more an 'assistant' guy than a 'head' guy. There are a lot of guys like that.
But who knows, the noted Gillis connection could be a factor. If we make a hire before the Hawks are outed, this is moot.
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Very excited to see a fresh approach. Perhaps we'll see a 4th line used for more than d-zone fodder. Perhaps we'll see Hank on the pk. Perhaps we'll see players who never get a chance... Getting a chance.
But overall, i hope we start getting our players to actually perform in the playoffs.
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Kinda figured Damien Cox was a crackie.
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"We could shower together, and I wouldn't look down, even though I wanted to."
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I like Gaunce. He's gonna be a player.
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Quietly on-pace for a 13-goal 82 game season with no Campbell beside him and no primo powerplay time, all the while putting together the best defensive numbers of his career so far.
Yet is still criticized.
Hmmm....
A problem, he is not.
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Haven't seen In Bruges, or at least i don't remember it.
End of Watch - 6/10
Getting a bit tired of Jake Gyllenhaal trying to be a tough guy, but this ho-hum LA cop movie was worth a watch, even if it offers nothing that Training Day and other recent LA cops vs. Mexicans movies already have shown.
Harsh Times was certainly twisted, but it was far more interesting than End of Watch.
I figured his Latino partner was dead meat certainly, but was hoping for Jake's death instead.
Almost...
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To each their own. Haven't seen Moon, but Confessions i have. It might have been a great performance by him as the whack Gong Show host, but to me Sam Rockwell is just not 'star' material, nor is he funny. He gets into funny situations, but that's different. In Seven Psychopaths he tries a bit too hard, imho. While Farrell coasts through the movie.
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Seven Psychopaths - 4/10
Dark comedy? Alright. Wasn't that dark. Wasn't that comedic. First hint at a flop here should've been that Colin Farrell stars in it. Second hint was Sam Rockwell is his backup. Neither of those guys are in any way funny. This meant the load had to be carried by Christopher Walken. Lately, Walken is put in comedies when it's determined that the main actors just aren't funny enough. He did alright, but at his age (69), his ability to come up with movie-saving performances has waned. Woody Harrelson also appears in the movie in a forgettable role.
Reminded me of other failed dark comedies 8 Heads in a Dufflebag and The Way of the Gun. Not enough happens to make you want to care in any way except that you really want the protagonist(s) to die swiftly.
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Meh. Nobody has gone over the top with expectations for anyone since Shirokov (Malkin-esque) and perhaps (Future Captain) Hodgson.
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Django Unchained was a lot like his last movie, if not his last few; Blah, blah, blah... Bloodbath. Blah, blah, blah... Bloodbath. Except excessive use of the n-word.
Still good though. And it's always nice to see Tarantino die violently again. 8.1/10
Life of Pi was beautifully done. It really deserves watching on the biggest screen possible so you can see how beautiful it is. However, the main point of the story, 'getting you to believe in God', i found to be weak. If you already strongly believe, then anything that you survive will only strengthen that belief even further. So? The other point was that beautiful untruths are better than ugly truths. True again. But so? Anyway, it's still awesome to watch and appreciate as a movie, once thought an unfilmable book. 8.3/10
Cloud Atlas was 3 hours of convoluted garbage. Classic example of how a book should NOT be translated to a movie. It's one thing to jump around between multiple timelines, but another to build a pretentious wall of bs to defend the connections between the timelines, propped up by an over-the-top dramatic soundtrack that didn't apply to the scene and actors who should've made a decision on the script, not the book.
I like Hugo Weaving. But him as a woman, Spock, and a leprechaun in the same movie was too much to take.
And the slaughterhouse of the future; Why the frack was that so hard to expose? Hello? It's the future! Secrets are already pretty difficult to keep secret in present day. What? Did the smartphone de-evolve like the fishlike people of the future?
Oh. And too much Hugh Grant. Get outta here and go make Bridget Jones 3 or something!
This movie reminded me of A.I. Looked good, after watching it you want to stab your screen. 3(hrs? wtf?)/10
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Ah, so when you said this,
you didn't mean the current regime has a horrible drafting record so far, in your opinion?The current regime has a horrible drafting record so far IMO but it is still VERY early to judge.Excellent. Thanks for clearing that up. Now I know never to put weight into your opinions ever again. I guess that includes whatever meaningless grades you put on anything as well. Afterall, you didn't mean it, right.
Lol. In my opinion, this regime has been just fine at drafting and player development. It just hasn't lived up to the hype for various reasons. Oh, and I mean it.
You might have misunderstood my post. I didn't say we had bad drafting, I said that so far the draft record looks terrible. I would blame it more on bad luck and poor development. A lot of our prospects seem to be declining. Sweatt, Rodin, Kassian, Labate, McNally, Price, Polasek, Connauton, Anthony, Sauve all have worse numbers this season. Prospects should improve as they get more experience.
Schroeder, Corrado, and Archibald seem to be on the uptick which is nice but for their age/experience they aren't exactly dominating. Ben Hutton is also flying under the radar with a good season.
Grenier and Jensen have struggled with consistency. Guys like Andersson, Friesen, Mallet aren't really doing enough in the AHL/ECHL to look like anything more than depth players.
Like I said, it is still too early to to judge so I would give Gillis' drafting an I for incomplete. Overall I would give drafting a C or C+ and development a C-.
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Horrible: 100% bust entire draft years. Of which Nonis has one or two and the Canucks have far too many. While overhyped, the current regime hasn't had horrible drafting.
Btw. Being able to sign Lack and Tanev is a positive, not a negative aspect of this organization. Not that you meant it as negative, but this post was, so...
The current regime has a horrible drafting record so far IMO but it is still VERY early to judge. Tanev and Lack are good prospects but were signings, not draft picks. Nonis was on the road to having a fantastic drafting record until 2007. I liked most of GIllis picks at the time - the problem is mostly development and bad luck.
Price and McNally have NHL potential but it will be hard to gauge until they turn pro. Polasek, Connauton and Sauve have an awesome package of size, speed, skill and toughness but their development seems to be going sideways or downwards.
Rodin was a gamble that could have paid off but the Wolves have veteran undersized scoring forwards with a solid AHL resume (Sterling, Gordon, Haydar and Ebbett) who take away top 6 playing time from Sweatt and Rodin.
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Gaunce reminds me of Mike Fisher.
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I would consider Ruff to be one of the few 'clear upgrade over AV' coaches available. Sure, Sabres fans have soured on him lately, but Regier didn't exactly supply him with a decent lineup this past season.
While AV and Ruff inherited 'meh' lineups when they started on their respective teams, Ruff managed to get his Hasek-Only team into the finals. AV needed a President's Trophy-calibre team to accomplish the same feat.
Ruff is better at getting playoff performances from his entire lineup, while AV tends to discard what potential unsung heroes can do for him. Once Buffalo fired him, my immediate reaction was 'yes please!'
You don't stay on as an NHL head coach on one team for 15 years if you aren't really, really good. He is all class, unlike you-know-who, and is a total professional. Sure, he isn't a cup winner yet, but he's won on Team Canada.
I think that unless he wants to sit, Vancouver represents the best opportunity for him to get back at it. Dallas is in semi-rebuild mode and the other vacancies are filled. (And can you imagine Ruff behind the bench for the team that eliminated him in the finals?!?) imho Torts might be better suited as a commentator for the time being.
I also like Blashill's AHL accomplishments. But if he's insisting on a NHL head coaching job, it might have to be Dallas. I'm fine with either, as Blashill will bring some Detroit perspective and a fresh approach, but Ruff is more likely to be our next coach because of the experience. And he's more expensive. Dallas isn't a rich team.