right now, we are the shit team,,,,
The Season Begins Now - Jan. 17th, 2016
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right now, we are the shit team,,,,
CaptainBolduke
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We've been the shit team of the NHL for nearly 3 months now. These results shouldn't be surprising anymore.
Every game is essentially a carbon copy of eachoter.
We get down 1 or 2 - we score to tie it up or get within one. Moments after we score, the other team scores and it's over.
Every game is essentially a carbon copy of eachoter.
We get down 1 or 2 - we score to tie it up or get within one. Moments after we score, the other team scores and it's over.
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Sal_Butera
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I take it u'r glad no one took u up on u'r bet...
CaptainBolduke
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Worked out for me, but it shows that most figured that this slide would end at some point. It just hasn't.
We are the Genie Bouchard of the NHL
If it was going to end it was going to be right after the Winter Classic but I was at the very next game in Philly and it was a total gong show from start to finish. That's when I suspected that this team has serious issues that won't be fixed this season.
I know the Price issue, but damn seriously, it is the same team basically that had 110 points last year. Yes Price was out of his mind last year but still, how can one player mean that much to a team. If he does, how poorly does that reflect on Bernie who has had four years as GM to fix it and hasn't?
Pretty poorly.
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The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
just ask yourself -- who has Bernie added to the roster? Petry and Weise.
The easiest thing for a new GM to say when he's hired is that he will build the team through the draft because it gives him a 5 year buffer. The hard part is actually drafting and then properly developing the player - we're now in year 4 and I don't see anyone on the horizon who will be an impact player. We didn't even have a player at the WJC's this years.
Yep
Altair
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So are you in on the tank?
tank is an ugly perjorative word as it implies that a team deliberately tries to lose to get a high draft pick, and the suggestions being made here fit that mould as we are jettisoning half the team for a draft choice or two.
There is no way management will deliberately lose, the players will not deliberately lose. Whether we as fans or not are in on it is meaningless.
Altair
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In on the tank as a fan means embracing the losses as they pill up know that the better draft pick that we pick up will help the team in the future more than wins and points that will get us into ninth place.
If you're in on the tank, a result like the Toronto game is a setback, the results from the Columbus games progress.
I will never want them to lose rega.rdless. I am definitely not in.
Altair
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Then suffer.
I will be at peace for the rest of this miserable season looking forward to the good prospect we will be getting come draft day.
That is fine. However, given how our top guys tend to turn out, there is a greater likelihood he doesn't turn out than does.
Pierre Mcguire made good points on the TSN690 drive home.
He mentioned that he anticipated even before the season started that 5 on 5 offense would be a major issue...he said we're just too small a team to expect to be able to consistently generate offense. The skill level isn't high enough on this team to rely on that so you need to find ways to score goals in hard areas...when you're not big or have big bodies to play in those areas especially at center we're in trouble
He mentioned that he anticipated even before the season started that 5 on 5 offense would be a major issue...he said we're just too small a team to expect to be able to consistently generate offense. The skill level isn't high enough on this team to rely on that so you need to find ways to score goals in hard areas...when you're not big or have big bodies to play in those areas especially at center we're in trouble
Altair
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We just need a idiot(timmins) proof pick.
Top 5.
Lose harder Habs, lose harder. We still have a lot of teams to catch up to.
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Granted he was less experienced then but he had Jeff Carter in his lap in 2003 and took Kostitsyn. I wouldn't trust biceps as far as I could throw him.
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