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  1. Hutton was minus 4 tonight against the leafs and looked completely a step behind what was going on the play. On two goals he got stripped off the puck. I like him, he is young, but he seems to get a free pass for some really brutal play recently. On the backend is currently our worst D man
  2. Bingo, no clue why we got Skilles and Larsen in the line up. Nikita should be playing right now. And young guys in the A should be up where Skilles slots in. Most Nuck fans know what is going on around the league and that we are one of the worst teams for sure. In fact I would say more like 28th-30th is where we will fall. The games have mostly been boring to watch because we spend most of the game chasing.
  3. But he has better stats than Hunter
  4. surprised he didn't get an AHL deal.
  5. I was over on the flames site and went through the media. Basically, people are pissed that we got him. Anywhere but us. The other comments from people that seem to know their team and game is that Sven seemed to be on a shorter leash than other players his age and style. As well many people think the deeper issue is why did the development system not work out with him. Obviously something went wrong. Burke didn't help either by calling him out. In his radio interview tonight you get the impression that he felts that even at the AHL level they were not really focusing on his development. He says that at Utica he's opening to get big minutes and chances to play in big situations - and why wouldn't a first rounder with his skill set expect that? My feeling is that he has all the tools for NHL top 6 (he's a for sure NHLer) and that he is going to be a good player for us that is going to make the flames cringe over and over for a long time to come.
  6. Yeah an interesting move, because from a money standpoint and where we are as far as competing doesn't seem like a necessary move. As the previous posters suggest probably more to do with off ice stuff and approach to the game. I remember his first interview saying that god not hockey is his first priority - fine but in Canada hockey is a religion.
  7. Torts is toast, The org is resetting - new prez, new gm, new coach will pacify the fan base. It was a dumb move to hire him.
  8. I can do some more reasoning for you - you seem to lack reading comprehension skills.
  9. It's not what they said it's what they don't say which is basically they are happy with the systems and coaching. Read between the lines. Players for obvious reasons do not trash coaches in the media. However, they do say positive things when it's called for. The fact no player has anything positive or supportive to say about Torts is very revealing. People enjoyed Torts presser yesterday but what most people took away from it and Botch hit on it is that Torts says one thing and then 5 minutes says the exact opposite. My favorite is that he trashes a player and then after says he's not trashing them. In short Torts is a nut job. Of course the Calgary incident made that pretty clear.
  10. The players don't like torts, the fans don't like torts, his role in the season his obvious - it is one of those cases where you can say the coach contributed to the mess. Linden has a chance to wipe it all clean and start over. Keeping torts is just delaying the firing. For all these reasons it is hard to think that he will be back next year. It's pretty obvious.
  11. Giving him a another year just means delaying an eventually firing and of course holding back the rebuild. It is clear that coaching was a big problem and you do not have to be a hockey whiz to know that torts is done.
  12. U do buyouts if you are against the cap and in a contending spot. This is not us. The idea that this team could make one more run is done so there is no need for buyouts. Garrison has a no-trade but even if he waved that u would get very very little for him at this point. Better to keep him and see if we can make the playoffs next year to get that lucrative cash.
  13. People dream the dream but this season is toast. Played crap hockey for all of Jan and Feb. However if you want to see the nucks for relatively cheap tickets now is the time.
  14. The nucks were done a while ago. However if they did make the show they would give the top seed some trouble.
  15. Torts has been a disaster. The team throughout the year looked absolutely confused on the ice. I think the players have tuned him and the staff out. Torts reminds me now of the Keenan years Coaching is a big reason why this teams totally sucks.
  16. Yes he is a total flavour of the month GM.
  17. Burke, Nonis, Pat Q were all better
  18. okay so you, Torts and Hitler all like dogs better than people
  19. Torts likes dogs more than people - his words. Attacking another coach and now this, we are entering a dark period of this franchise, - remember Iron Mike? I hope people chant for Lu tomorrow.
  20. he got rid of glass and torres and then tried to get them back, he hired wild man torts, he has added no substantial top 6 for years now. He is a bad manager
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