I remember when fans were claiming that the trade for him was a steal (Bernier + 3rd) and that Yzerman was a genius.
Turns out it wasn’t so great.
I was thinking we needed another goalie but he doesn’t really fit the bill. I’d rather try and sign another 24-25 year old big Swedish or Finnish goalie.
Like Tortorella was gonna turn the team around and get everyone to play harder?
It doesn’t work that way. Once a bad culture has been established it’s very hard to change.
The only real way to change it is to overhaul the roster and promote new leaders.
It’s easy to criticize management for not firing Bruce already but I really think they were probably giving him every chance to turn it around.
I think this road trip was his last shot to prove he could right the ship. Like if we win those 4 games we’re 21-18-3 which would put us 6 points back of the wildcard with 3 games in hand.
That being said there should be no doubt of the direction now. This road trip showed what many of us already knew. This team is not good enough.
Funny how long ago it seemed that Rutherford publicly threw Bruce under the bus and yet he’s still here.
Like what are you doing? Were they afraid of the backlash because of his popularity among fans? Do they want it to get so bad that fans will just accept it?
Funny that JR claimed that he wanted to build up this organization into a well run professional organization.
So far he’s been part of more unprofessionalism than this team has ever seen.
Im starting to think he might not have been the reason Pittsburgh was so well run.
I’ll hope for the best but I don’t think he’s the right fit for this team.
And I hate the timing of it. It’s pointless to not just let this ship keep sinking.
Trying to appease the fans yet nobody actually wants this.
Do they really wanna pay three coaches in one season?
Like I’m amazed they haven’t lost all their money yet with the poor decisions they make. They really keep doubling down on bad decision after bad decision.
OEL didn’t like the way Tocchett deployed him from what I remember. Wanted him to play more as a stay at home guy.
Bringing in Tocchett just seems like a repeat of the Tortorella hire. Trying to get a soft team to play “stiffer”. I can already guarantee it will fail with this group.