I don't think there's many coaches in the NHL that would have felt comfortable inserting a rookie dman with 15 NHL games experience into a game six vs the best team in the league.
This isn't exclusive to Therrien
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I don't think there's many coaches in the NHL that would have felt comfortable inserting a rookie dman with 15 NHL games experience into a game six vs the best team in the league.
This isn't exclusive to Therrien
40 should have been in the lineup the last 2 months of the season. And not dressing Briere in the playoffs, which is why we signed him, was just dumb.
Yeah these are the type of things that drive me nuts about Therrien.... but all's well that ends well. He hasn't ****ed up bad enough to cost us a series yet this year... kudos for that.
This I can agree with...same can be said for Tinordi but I have to put the fact Nate was sent back down on the GM and his assistants like Lapointe and Brisebois who are in charge of player development. I doubt MT gets the final say in who gets sent back down
I disagree. Nate is WAY ahead of Tinordi, IMO. Tinordi repeatedly makes bad decisions with and without the puck. Nate is way more poised than Tinordi at this point.
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hairnova
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I agree.
XPOFAN
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Did you ask Sal?
It's ironic that Sal calls Nate "shit for brains" because Nate is much smarter on the ice than Tinordi.
What's unfortunate is that Tinordi was doing really well last year in the playoffs
Sal_Butera
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All that proves is the brass screwed up by taking Tinordi in stead of Coyle.
Brisebois was part of the D that won the last Cup, didn't do much else for the rest of his career, shit for brains will be no different (in character or performance) - all that matters in the present is winning now, and am glad he's played well & the coaching staff have managed his minutes accodringly.
macavoy
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I said it almost 2 months ago, it was evident that MT had.the.team buying into his sytem and.that they were playing for him, I don't understand how he's done it but he has everyone bought into this team.
or Bergevin finally acquiesced and stopped ordering him to play Murray
Rolex
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There was a sequence yesterday when Beaulieu took the puck up the ice (so fast), dumped it in the corner to the left of Rask, and continued to skate towards the puck and got there first in the corner....WOW
He might be a defensive liability, but that's stuff that you can teach him (defensive zone positioning)......
But you can't teach offensive talent...and this kids has lots of it
He might be a defensive liability, but that's stuff that you can teach him (defensive zone positioning)......
But you can't teach offensive talent...and this kids has lots of it
I agree but you assume he made the decision in a vacuum. Bergevin wouldn't let him play Beaulieu until it was obvious he should play.
GrandWazoo
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I don't always agree with his lineup decisions (but then again, every coaches makes some weird lineup decisions. I was reading an article where Sutter was getting lambasted about his Kings lineup) but you have to give him credit for having the team well prepared and disciplined about buying into his concept, which is a way more important part of coaching than getting your lineup right (even though that's an important part as well).
He also kept his calm while Dauterive was complaining, making faces etc