Yep....How is playing guys who can barely skate (Toffoli, Gally) vs the fastest team in the league advisable?
Yep....
A rookie coaching staff problem
A veteran coaching staff would have benched those guys....fuck them, when will you ever get a chance to be in the Finals again.
DD-Richardson were coaching to keep the room happy, and getting a contract next year.
Laviolette-Quennville don't care about Staal-Gally-Toffoli status, they bench them
Staal brought nothing.....even in previous rounds.....he was the product of Perry-Armia
it's frustrating, because Tampa top players barely did anything against us...their legendary PP was caca against us.....we lost because their 3rd-4th line dominated our 3rd-4th line. We needed Perry-Armia to NOT be pulled down by guys like Staal.....Suzuki-Cole NOT to be pulled down with Toffoli (which eventually coaches realized Anderson was better fit)Staal had a great game 7 vs Leafs....sprung Gallagher on his goal and Toffoli on the EN. (those guys could skate 6 weeks ago)...but yeah not much production since then
Aside from the play of Vasy obviously, we got beat by our mistakes and their depth.it's frustrating, because Tampa top players barely did anything against us...their legendary PP was caca against us.....we lost because their 3rd-4th line dominated our 3rd-4th line. We needed Perry-Armia to NOT be pulled down by guys like Staal.....Suzuki-Cole NOT to be pulled down with Toffoli (which eventually coaches realized Anderson was better fit)
Playing Staal over Evans then KK was a huge mistake.it's frustrating, because Tampa top players barely did anything against us...their legendary PP was caca against us.....we lost because their 3rd-4th line dominated our 3rd-4th line. We needed Perry-Armia to NOT be pulled down by guys like Staal.....Suzuki-Cole NOT to be pulled down with Toffoli (which eventually coaches realized Anderson was better fit)
And the turnovers were what killed us. Remove the goals scored off of turnovers and this is still a series.
Staal turnover led to last second goal
Yup. This. What I found disappointing is that they were weirdly self-inflicted.
Too much hate towards ChiarotEdmundson was far better than expected. I've no issue with them protecting him. Chiarot can go though.
You can get a slasher that won't ice the puck every second attempt.Too much hate towards Chiarot
Ask Leafs-Jets-Vegas what they thought of him….he did his job
He was arguably our best dmen on most nights
Definitely a playoff warrior
If Weber was willing to play his final three seasons (all three seasons combine for $5M in salary) and we were able to retain 50% then I think you could get a very nice return for him. A $3.75M caphit is much more manageable and they'd be paying him in salary 25% of what his caphit will be?Re: Weber, as GGpX said, they would have to eat 50% of the cap hit. Would be hard to find a dance partner.
Habs got beat by TBay’s D corps IMO - McDonogh had a phenomenal series, Cernak was excellent, and their 3rd pair was very solid if unspectacular.Aside from the play of Vasy obviously, we got beat by our mistakes and their depth.