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Post by newfiewing on Oct 28, 2017 0:32:15 GMT -5
ok..let's fire KH ok... ..can anyone name a replacement ? As time goes by, i don't see SY coming back home...more and more his home is...Tampa Bay ! The best option available last spring was Gerard Gallant and KH blew it big time by not firing Blashill then. It was obvious to most of us that Blashill had lost this team a long time ago and their lacklustre effort lately is further confirmation of how little respect they players have for him as their coach. He is way out of his league and allows a few vets to dictate ice time, with merit being the least of his considerations. Blashill must go or the long slide the we saw last year will accelerate this season. Players continue to regress and have going back to the All-Star Break in 2015. The record since that time is absolutely abysmal and how Holland cannot see that Blashill is the major problem is beyond me. Keeping Z, Kronwall, Abby, Tatar, and Nyqvist on the ice for nearly three minutes at the end of last night's game was but the latest in any number of dumb decisions he has made that have cost the team a lot of points over the past 2 years. Wings need a coach who can develop the young guys and somehow help the skilled guys reassert themselves and begin to use their hockey talents. This guy is making everyone look like morons by insisting on his "process".
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Post by jimmydickens on Oct 28, 2017 16:03:36 GMT -5
Can you’ve name a replacement is like the sports version of how politicians are all about the same.
Bruce Boudreau could have been snapped up when it was clear that Jeff Blashill isn’t getting this team going. We know he’s letting veterans dictate terms regardless of merit. That’s not something Babcock did and in hindsight, it worked. Babcock was the one who moved Datsyuk and Zetterberg from the 4th line I to the go to line. He was the one who shuffled lines constantly. There was a level of comfort in that discomfort that led to a lot of bad teams his final years getting to the playoffs.
Blashill’s problem, I’ve always had this opinion: he sees no value in using the role players. 29 other teams love these guys and rely on them for energy, especially when you don’t have strong too 6 skill, or a diverse attack. Detroit’s top six is garbage compared to other clubs. But those other clubs would love to just let Helm, Glendenning, or even Witkowski runnaround and create energy.
I look at ice time against this teams record and all I do is ask why are you continuing to run guys out there who keep losing your games? Holland gave you Ott so you could have a responsible energy creator and you didn’t use him. You have no trust in Glendenning to do what he’s on this roster to do. Witkowski was brought in for the same stuff and he sees 5 shifts per appearance. Your team sucks, but, you could have a more competitive and tougher lineup if you put the right guys on the ice. Blashill’s background embraced guys like Glendenning and Witkowski. He abandoned what made him a good coach with his team behind him when he got to the NHL and that’s why this team fails. Babcock got these rosters into competing with his eye for structure and ability to place guys in their right roles. When your offense sucks as Detroit’s flat out does, you have to get energy from your role players and Blashill won’t do that and should have been fired a year ago because of it. His replacement will be Tony Granato for all Holland cares and try Todd Nelson, but this is just bad.
Grind line: you have the pieces to have one and the only reason you don’t is the coach.
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Post by howe9scores on Nov 3, 2017 17:25:44 GMT -5
A lot of supposedly goodteams are off to a poor start, but I wouldn't consider the Wings in that category - - they are destined for the lower rungs in the League.
But as far as the Wings are concerned, the performance which they are displaying is about what I expected.
I doubt that they will surpass last year's feeble season performance.
Just too many long-term players signed by KH who are short on talent at both ends of the ice.
It may be a good thing, if the Wings end-up near the bottom of the list. At least then, the Wings would have a chance at drafting a player who just might pick-up some of the pieces.
The status quo with KH at the top of selecting and signing players, Blash as coach, and too many untalented players signed to long-term contracts has sealed the Wings in a race to the bottom. Oh well, AZ's got that wrapped-up.
Someone mentioned the previous coach, Tippet, for the Dogs, he certainly would be head and shoulders over Blash.
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Post by jimmydickens on Nov 4, 2017 14:02:49 GMT -5
Alain Vigneault is also supposedly on the hot seat even though the Rangers have already started another rebuild on the fly. Only brought up because besides just looking at Nelson in the AHL, there’s always coaching choices out there. Ken Holland has never fired a coach in season though.
Gustav Nyquist is allegedly on the trading block already in the intention of improving the defense. Him and Tatar are basically the same.
So it’s November and teams are already looking at that statistic that shows playoff projection by thanksgiving generally shows who is going to compete and who is going to fail. If Rutherford will take Sheahan then any Red wing could go somewhere
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Post by PierreC on Nov 5, 2017 0:08:17 GMT -5
good ol Riley, after 7 games, is still stuck with one assist and -1, registered on his first shift.
Very soon Sheahan will be waived and then send to the minor...
Rutherford doesn't have KH's patience.
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Post by jimmydickens on Nov 7, 2017 15:00:55 GMT -5
good ol Riley, after 7 games, is still stuck with one assist and -1, registered on his first shift. Very soon Sheahan will be waived and then send to the minor... Rutherford doesn't have KH's patience. Who do they have him playing with? Pittsburgh is having up and down troubles right now I know, but sre Mallon, Crosby, and Jessel still all in separate lines?
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Post by vpalmer on Nov 7, 2017 15:41:02 GMT -5
----Who do they have him playing with? ----Rust and Hagelin I believe
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Post by PierreC on Nov 7, 2017 17:04:22 GMT -5
Oliver Ekman-Larsson has been made available for trade according to NHL insiders.
My goodness...let's throw everything we got toward the Yotes. Kh has to inquire about Ekman-Larsson.
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Post by vpalmer on Nov 8, 2017 9:02:50 GMT -5
------..can anyone name a replacement? -----Paul Fenton
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Post by number13 on Nov 8, 2017 12:36:25 GMT -5
Riley Sheahan is putting Sidney Crosby in a slump hahah.
Green, Ericsson or a coin toss between Nyquist or Tatar for Ekman-Larsson.
We may as well trade Green before the deadline to get something in return for him. We need to dump some 6 million dollar contracts so we can pay Larkin, Mantha and AA, maybe FRK too.
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Post by PierreC on Nov 8, 2017 13:52:29 GMT -5
Riley Sheahan is putting Sidney Crosby in a slump hahah. Green, Ericsson or a coin toss between Nyquist or Tatar for Ekman-Larsson. We may as well trade Green before the deadline to get something in return for him. We need to dump some 6 million dollar contracts so we can pay Larkin, Mantha and AA, maybe FRK too. I see the only reason why the Yotes want to get rid of Ekman-Larsson is his salary, unless he is a pain in teh dressing room He has a cap hit of 5.5 until the end of next season. If we want to deal with the Yotes for him cheap young talents and picks have to be involved. Creativity is needed from KH. To get rid of some of our useless wages is a must. Maybe KH should call the Sens/Nash/Colo and try to learn how to make a big deal...
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Post by number13 on Nov 8, 2017 14:59:04 GMT -5
Larkin, Mantha and AA would be the only 3 must keep players...everyone else is fair game to trade (baring any NTC's)
If we had 2 line of kids like them we'd be a lot more fun to watch.
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Post by chris on Nov 8, 2017 17:35:57 GMT -5
Interesting comment from Big E:
The defenseman played in 22 playoff games in 2009, when the Red Wings were a win away from repeating as Stanley Cup champions, and hasn't been on another long playoff run since.
''We used to play with desperation and we were so dialed in with our preparations with an older and experienced team,'' Ericsson said. ''We just knew we could turn around games and win. That feeling, especially last year, wasn't there. And, it's tough to get that feeling back.''
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Post by jimmydickens on Nov 13, 2017 16:14:39 GMT -5
Interesting comment from Big E: The defenseman played in 22 playoff games in 2009, when the Red Wings were a win away from repeating as Stanley Cup champions, and hasn't been on another long playoff run since. ''We used to play with desperation and we were so dialed in with our preparations with an older and experienced team,'' Ericsson said. ''We just knew we could turn around games and win. That feeling, especially last year, wasn't there. And, it's tough to get that feeling back.'' It’s weird how he’s been around long enough to know that Losing is definitely ok in the new nhl.
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Post by number13 on Nov 14, 2017 14:23:06 GMT -5
The culture has changed from excellence to mediocrity. We just wanted to make the playoffs and took the eyes off of Stanley Cups since the last time we made the finals. Being .500 is acceptable and that isn't going to attract players. But parity is what the league wanted and it is what it is. I think we grossly underestimated Lidstrom's impact not being here and to some extent Pavel leaving. those are 2 HOF'ers, even though they were old they still were pretty good. Lids could probably dress today and be our best defensman
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