Has the game started yet? Wtf does ALT 10 mean fanduel sports? Between this and the TNT audio, the nhl needs to figure out their television situation
The good: Ghostisbehre, Kane, Lyon, Perron, Talbot The fine: Fischer, Kubalik, Maata, Merill, Namestskov, Osterle, Ryan, Sprong, Stetcher, Suter The bad: Chiarot, Compher, Copp, Greiss, Gustafsson, Reimer The indefensible: Holl It looks okay on paper but the bad deals were mostly all long term deals while the best ones were 1-2 year signings.
Yeah last night's game is really the first time I've been able to watch a whole game.. He looked completely replaceable
Lalonde needs to go, and every day he's still here is making it hard for anyone to defend Yzerman any further.
Lalonde has to go but I really hope the answer isn’t hiring someone like Gallant. A few years back it made sense but he’s proven to be bad with young talent (lol I guess that isn’t an issue here at the moment). I think promoting Tanguay and then doing a search makes the most sense. The caveat is if Boston fires Montgomery. That would be a no brainer.
Watson is very impressive but it’d be a big leap. It’s also fairly uncommon for a team to promote its AHL coach mid season but it does happen.
Saw this on Reddit and double checked it myself. Seems legit. After Larkin scored he motioned to Lalonde to call a timeout, presumably so Larkin’s line could get a breather and stay on the ice and Lalonde didn’t acquiesce. Who can say if Lalonde noticed Larkin but it seemed like he did. Feels like regardless of the situation the room is about lost.
Since this story came out he has 3 points in 4 games. The stuff I’ve seen he’s looked solid, just not getting results. I think he’s about to pick things up.
This wings season is a disaster but I'm still not super down on the future of the team (yet). Getting a high pick and adding a top level winger or another top 4 defenseman could be exactly what they need long term. But as we saw with the Tigers, you can't always rely on these guys to come in and produce as expected.
Hard to say because CBJ would be selling low on him — my guess is they’d want a decent controllable piece back which we don’t have at the moment.
Goaltending has to be better. Second and third pairing defense have to be better. -4 for Chiarot/Petry tonight.
The scary thing is our goaltending has been performing well above expectations all season. We can’t rely on Talbot and Lyon to play like Hellebyuck but that’s how the team was built and that’s how M Lalonde is coaching.
Jim Montgomery seems very likely to get fired in Boston. Yzerman should have a driver ready to take Montgomery to the airport the moment he walks out the door if he’s actually fired.
Lalonde can't survive this. Yzerman i have been leaning to giving him next year to see if his picks can make an impact (Danielson, ASP and Cossa specifically for next year). But at this point on top of worrying about what shit defenseman he gives a contract to this offseason, his inability to cut ties with "his guys" makes me think he won't make any of necessary changes. So I'm leaning towards we just completely clean house
I truly just want to see the franchise pick a direction. That’s all — it’s not a ridiculous ask. But that needs to start right now. I don’t expect a big trade to materialize today but don’t wait for the deadline to be a player in the market.
One thing I completely expect to see is Yzerman make a trade for a locker room guy. Or he will just call up Watson to be in that role. It’s what hockey guys do when the room feels lost.