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  1. I don't mind the call, but I think officials should give the network the angle they have that shows it go over the line
  2. What is it about Perry? How old is he now? Any team going to playoffs, its worth carrying him all season as a perimeter 4th liner, just to have him play his brand of sh disturbing in the playoffs.
  3. I'd like to get a petition going. Maybe there is one already. Don't know if it would do any good. Too many brainwashed people who just accept every new ad distraction as "inevitable'. One day the jerseys will look like Europeans and the same people will just say it was "inevitable".
  4. Just tuned in. Where is this vaunted Leafs team I heard about? I don't really ever watch them. Tampa Bay is having their way with them.
  5. I just can't go to this site and pull the arm. I think it would be too depressing. But carry on. Does anyone know....is it easier to drop down than move up, or the other way around? We have a history of moving down most drafts. So to me, it would be a big win if we could just remain at 11. Then if we move up at all it would be a bonus.
  6. The whole coaching dynamic is kind of fascinating. The coaching "bump". What is it exactly? Does it work every time or does it depend on what system the new coach is trying to instill? I agree that BB would probably be the best type of coach for Calgary, right after years of the Sutter treatment. That initial rush of adrenaline, and sense of freedom when you go from a disciplinarian to a player's coach who loves free wheelin hockey and tells his players that having fun is the most important thing they can do. To just trust their instincts, and always of course have fun....like BB did for Boeser's game. I think that right after a more disciplinarian systems coach...like Sutter, and like Green here,, players may be less happy but they have more built in defensive habits. These habits take a while to fall off even if the new coach is not that concerned and lets you freewheel. So you kind of get the advantages of both systems at once for a certain period of time. In Washington, BB followed Glen Hanlon, a goalie during his time in the NHL. So he most likely tried to implement a more boring system geared to protecting the goalie. After BB's first year he won the Jack Adams, and a couple seasons in they won the Presidents Trophy. But that kind of style is unsustainable and it took the disciplinarian Barry Trotz to take them to the promised land after teaching Ovi about playing a 200 foot game. So as any more pond hockey coached team plays more and the D side of the game gets blurrier, without any ongoing pressure to do so, that part talis off and you find out you can't sustain your standing by scoring yourself out of trouble anymore. Happened early on this season here. BB would definitely stoke the Flames. But it would be temporary. It always is with this kind of coach. It could guarantee they'd at least be a playoff team next season though. (So I'd rather they not get him)
  7. Caught up on the Petey, Hronek, Miller, Boeser interviews I gotta say.....I think Miller is the best option for a Captain. Again he had to answer about his emotions getting the best of him. I am so impressed with him every time I hear the way he can control his emotions, which doesn't fit the script, when he answers questions about it. If he really had an emotional problem, he would have lashed back defensively. Or at least rolled his eyes or some other passive aggressive behaviour. I am impressed how he processes these questions, which could be embarrassing to answer for some, and comes back with a calm explanation of why and how he's working on it. I heard Quinns name mentioned the most for the position. But something about Quinn makes me uneasy. Talking about being defensive,, Quinn can be that if he's criticized after a bad game. Instead of like Miller, admitting to what he did, trying to figure it out, and move on, Quinn tends to come back with a bit of arrogance and a chip on his shoulder. I don't think its a big deal, especially at his age, I do think though that Quinn needs to mature a little more. He has more ambition than experience. Miller just seems to be much more level headed and smart about where the team is now. Some people can't understand how a player can be passionate about a game while they are playing, and be able to dial it off when the game is finished. Miller has that ability.
  8. Pretty sure that was Jeff Patterson with the second badgering.
  9. The "serious" questions are all the same. We've all heard them a hundred times. Most only require standard answers. ie. we know exactly what they will say, these highly media savvy players with their memorized answers to questions they have already anticipated. It would be nice if there were some more lighthearted ones where we could see more of their personalities come out. Bring up anecdotes or odd situations, funny moments, and ask them about those. Maybe stories that only happened with a particular reporter, behind the scenes, that we hadn't heard before. I dunno, its one of the very few opportunities for fans to get to know the players. Yes we want some serious questions asked, but I'm always leaving these pressers feeling like they could have been so much more entertaining, and I guess enlightening.
  10. Burroughs. Nothing against Joshua, but Kyle deserved the Most Underrated Player award. edit: or Unsung Hero, or whatever it was
  11. Most of the question seem to be goading them into dishing dirt or playing them off against each other for who's going to be the captain.
  12. They finished business in Canucks fashion. Miss the playoffs, and land in the worst possible position to win the lottery for Bedard.
  13. Its been such a comedy of errors and bad luck, bad timing, for this franchise. Benning was IMO, the worst GM in our history. Our team was perfect for rebuilding in 2014. A roster ripe with veterans, playoff savvy vets, still with a few good years left in them. Yeah some had NTCs and NMCs, but GMs have always found ways to convince players to waive. There was no attempt even. We had no prospects because of our high standing in the league from years of finishing high. That and Gillis relied too much on his historically inept amateur scouting department under Ron Delorme. The damage Benning did to this organization is living years past his departure. It is more more about salvaging what we can. Take the few good developments and move on. Understanding that during those eight long years JB force fed fans an "accidental" kinda rebuild. By his (and Aqua's) stubborn insanity in doing something over and over with the same results. His perpetual goal of squeaking into the playoffs, each season he was here. Right to the end with his final shot in the dark, the OEL trade. Trouble is, each time he doubled down, this team was already down....in picks, prospects, other overpriced contracts, and so we always ended up losing value exponentially through his tenure. There should have at least come a point in Benning's tenure, when he woke up and said "Like you know, um, like this turning it around quickly isn't...um...working. And like, we now have this young Swedish phenom, and this highly rated young D prospect, and this young Demko looks like he's coming along, so like, you know, maybe like I should abandon this quick fix strategy NOW, while I have these kids on ELCs". Yes there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, Jim, there's still time to change the road you're on. No Miller or OEL. Keep the two firsts, a second and third. Shoulda coulda woulda. So JB fumbled along, trying to patch together some kind of rag tag team of badly scouted, aging overpaid vets and C grade AHLers to compliment a couple of young promising but green prospects. Until they grew up, into their primes, and had no quality support, either on forward or defense. What's a new GM to do? JR inherited a team with one foot in a rebuild, and one foot in a retool. With none of those two factors done well. A weak rebuild....if you looked at the farm prospect situation, and a failed retool....if you look at the revolving door of overpaid declining veterans and buyouts and anchor contracts. JR was put into a very difficult spot. Benning has so gone past the best before date for a proper deep rebuild, that JR almost had no choice but to see the retool through. How can you waste Petey and Hughes and Demko at this stage? I look at it this way, a proper rebuild, if it had been started years ago, would have had, say, a 90% of getting to contender status in 5 - 10 years. Its a pretty simple blunt tool method, but it usually works. It just may take time. A retool, is much more trickier to accomplish balancing so many things each off season. (Way above JB's pay grade) And I'd give it more like a 75% chance, with a good management. Which I think we have now. The advantage is we know we have a good core, and if it works, it may only take one or two seasons. So its higher odds, but shorter time frame and with a core who's quality may be difficult to replace. The odds of this working are directly related to the young talent already here. We have the hardest part done...other than maybe one more quality defenseman....with a high calibre core. So I have faith that JR and PA can find complimentary pieces to surround this core. I guess its also that I kinda have to have faith, we don't have much choice or go bonkers living in the past dreaming of a magical rebuild with Conner Bedard.
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