Tre Mac Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I remember watching the HBO series where it was Boudreau vs. Babcock coaching and during the intermission Babcock was all "X's and O's" giving his team specific instructions while Boudreau came in and just spouted off curse words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 nvm - misread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan since 82 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 With BB available now I wonder if interest in Green will wane (sp?) a bit. I want the best for Travis, but wouldn't mind the Canucks being his first NHL gig. I am kinda surprised they didn't announce his termination within hours after the game because I would bet the owners had a discussion Murray after the loss in game 2 that Boudreau was gone if they didn't make it out of the first round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIBdaQUIB Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 34 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: Eventually the finger has to be pointed a Howdy Doody Perry and Goatslap for not coming through. Exactly. Perry with "0" goals in the series. Bruce can't put on skates and go out and score. The core players for Anaheim (Perry, Getzlaf et) have been the common denominator for those game 7 losses. Coach B is paying the price for their failure to take their game to the next level. For most of the series, the Ducks were the better team by almost all performance measures. Rinne was outstanding. The combination of that and the no-show by top players combined for a game 7 loss. How is that Bruce's fault? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 "Exactly. Perry with "0" goals in the series. Bruce can't put on skates and go out and score. " Maybe he can't score now, but he was huge scorer in junior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 34 minutes ago, DIBdaQUIB said: Exactly. Perry with "0" goals in the series. Bruce can't put on skates and go out and score. The core players for Anaheim (Perry, Getzlaf et) have been the common denominator for those game 7 losses. Coach B is paying the price for their failure to take their game to the next level. For most of the series, the Ducks were the better team by almost all performance measures. Rinne was outstanding. The combination of that and the no-show by top players combined for a game 7 loss. How is that Bruce's fault? It's always the big money players who seem to have this Teflon ability to deflect blame. The Sedins were completely neutralized in the Stanley Cup Finals and weren't able to step up their play in series' since, yet AV ate the poison pill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neversummer Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Weird if he ended up in Ottawa seeing how Paul McLean became his assistant after he was fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedintwinpowersactivate Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 shocker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Ladies and Gentlemen the new head coach of the Vancouver Giants. Bruce Boudreau! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Buzzsaw* Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Boudreau is the scapegoat, but the real problem is Getzlaf and Perry. These two guys just do not get the job done when it comes to important games. They had three chances in the last three years, and each time, they performed below expectations. Too late for the next coach, he won't do any better, the window is already closed, last three seasons were the time for Anaheim to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honky Cat Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 The Ducks best players certainly were not in this round...There's talent there,but not enough urgency in the squad (starting to remind me of the 2012-13 Canucks). Bob Murray gets one more coach,and if he misses the playoffs next time, or goes out in the first round..He will be next on the chopping block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peaches5 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 4 hours ago, Blue Jay 22 said: Goaltending was never a problem. I don't know why people say this. This has been such a farcical myth since it started. Freddy Andersen's playoff stats: 3W - 2 L, 1SO, .947SV% 1.41 GAA Freddy Andersen regular season stats: 22W - 9L - 7OT, 3SO, .919SV% 2.30GAA John Gibson playoff stats: 0W-2L, .900SV%, 3.08GAA John Gibson regular season stats: 21W-13L-4OT, 4SO, .920SV% 2.07GAA Those are some fantastic regular season numbers. The only blip is Gibson's playoff stats, and seeing how Andersen played afterwards, one of the biggest "what if" questions for them should be What if Boudreau started Andersen instead of Gibson in Game 1? That falls on the coach. He took a gamble, and lost. Did you completely forget about last year? Where Andersen was terrible? He was the main reason why Chicago came back in that series and beat the Ducks. Gibson had to replace Andersen last year, a complete rookie, and was great. Starting Gibson was the right thing to do. *may have been 2 years ago, either way Andersen has been garbage in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neversummer Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Getzlaf, Perry are the new Thornton and Marleau. Now that San Jose has advanced, somebody has to take the title of choke artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last outlaw Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 That certainly didn't take long. Wonder if Boudreau ends up in Ottawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Jay 22 Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 34 minutes ago, peaches5 said: Did you completely forget about last year? Where Andersen was terrible? He was the main reason why Chicago came back in that series and beat the Ducks. Gibson had to replace Andersen last year, a complete rookie, and was great. Starting Gibson was the right thing to do. *may have been 2 years ago, either way Andersen has been garbage in the playoffs. Wrong. Both timeline wise and factual wise. The "scenario" you talking about was 2 years ago against LA. And Freddy Andersen was not replaced. He was injured in game 3 of that series with a pulled groin, and never returned. The person John Gibson, who was in the minors when Andersen hurt himself, replaced was Jonas Hiller, who came in after Andersen was hurt, finished Game 3, and never saw the ice again until Game 7 when Gibson was pulled after 3 goals. As for Freddy Andersen's career playoff stats and the notion he has been "garbage": 17-9-2, 2SO, .916SV%, GAA 2.34 The only thing that appears to be garbage is your post just now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMillerTime Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Ottawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 5 hours ago, Master Mind said: They ended up as the best defensive team in the regular season, I don't think defence/goaltending was the problem. They needed Getzlaf and Perry to step up, and they didn't. Feels like that's what always happens in these game 7's. Too bad Bruce got the axe as a result, though it was expected. Wherever he ends up, that team's chances of making the playoffs goes up dramatically. Yeah, this was the easy decision to save Murray's job for the time being. As far as coaching like you mentioned the defensive side and goaltending was up to par, a few of the traditional team leaders let the team down and did not come through when needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 6 minutes ago, Mike Vanderhoek said: Yeah, this was the easy decision to save Murray's job for the time being. As far as coaching like you mentioned the defensive side and goaltending was up to par, a few of the traditional team leaders let the team down and did not come through when needed. Perry had 4 points in 7 games and was a -7. That's the difference right there IMO - but you can't fire your franchise player can you? It's no small amount of pressure, but Perry is being paid to be a difference-maker - he wasn't unfortunately, at least not in a positive way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Transcript of Murray quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 1 minute ago, mll said: Transcript of Murray quotes. Like I mentioned, you can't fire core players as snap reaction - but you can fire a coach as a snap reaction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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