Yeah, AV wouldn't be my choice to work with a younger roster either, but WD isn't that guy either.
- Kaynine

Fine but c'mon who is?
I've no patience with firing without a replacement already in mind.
Kneejerk stuff isn't in my vocabulary.

Bachman 43 saves!!

Hey man. I don't actually have any love for willie (beyond the stache). I'm just saying he doesn't deserve all the blame for the season.
- dbot

100%. We are bad because of the players. But Willie isn't a good coach in my opinion

WD just coached a young team to victories in CA on back to back nights. Probably not the best time to female dog about him.

Fine but c'mon who is?
I've no patience with firing without a replacement already in mind.
Kneejerk stuff isn't in my vocabulary.
- Nighthawk

Keenan

Well if Bo and Sven turn into that then it's a bonus. Not sure if this draft has one for us. Goldy and Dhalen supposed to be close. Then there is BB and Granlund. Not counting out Rodin yet. Though with what I see the team is full of small forwards. Why JV is important. Need to draft more size too.

Possible post Sedi forwards

Sven Bo LE
Granlund Sutter BB
Goldy Dahlen JV
Guance/Rodin Gaudette Labate//Boucher

That's still a small group. Skilled but not sure if enough high end. Need centers with size. What else?
- Nuck4U

I would agree fully with everything you're saying here. That is probably why JB used a contract on that Zack McEwen. Even if Sven and Bo become 60 point plus players, Van still needs 2 more forwards of equal caliber to them.

Ana- Getzlaf, Perry, Kesler, Silverberg
Chi- Kane, Toews, Panarin, Hossa
Pit- Crosby, Malkin, Kessel, Hornqvist
Sj- Pavelski, Couture, Thornton, Marleau
Tb- Stamkos, Kucherov, Johnson, Drouin
wsh- Ovi, Backstrom, Oshie, Kusnetsov

Probably the best teams over the past decade almost. You could probably add names to some of those teams.

I agree but geez there is always a budget team out there to burn money😜
Gotta hit that cap basement & do teams favours & lose like no tomorrow.
- Nighthawk

Taking on that salary, and the picks and prospects that'll come with it...

Good road win

Shampoo gets a turn with Bo and Baertschi... seems like that wing has been a revolving door tonite
- kaptaan

LE was injured u r now up to date.

WD just coached a young team to victories in CA on back to back nights. Probably not the best time to female dog about him.
- golfingsince

next the whining will be about how we won and should be losing to draft

Fine but c'mon who is?
I've no patience with firing without a replacement already in mind.
Kneejerk stuff isn't in my vocabulary.
- Nighthawk

IMO I don't think JB and WD are on the same page. In the press conference after the 2 trades this past week were done WD didn't sound all that happy with the direction we are going.

Playoffs
- thundachunk

WD just coached a young team to victories in CA on back to back nights. Probably not the best time to female dog about him.
- golfingsince

lol what went wrong the first 66 games?

Wasn't saying that. Van needed a different direction, it was time for AV to go. But I will say AV was quicker to change things up if they weren't working.
- Kaynine

he'd at least learn from repeated mistakes. Willie doesnt seem capable of that

Bachman >>>Wentz
- Nucker101

WD just coached a young team to victories in CA on back to back nights. Probably not the best time to female dog about him.
- golfingsince

WD just coached a young team to victories in CA on back to back nights. Probably not the best time to female dog about him.
- golfingsince

Good point but some don't have it in them to pass on any credit.

lol what went wrong the first 66 games?
- manvanfan

The roster. It still sucks, but that's not on WD.

lol what went wrong the first 66 games?
- manvanfan

it was Burrows fault

he'd at least learn from repeated mistakes. Willie doesnt seem capable of that
- SMBDragon

I would agree fully with everything you're saying here. That is probably why JB used a contract on that Zack McEwen. Even if Sven and Bo become 60 point plus players, Van still needs 2 more forwards of equal caliber to them.

Ana- Getzlaf, Perry, Kesler, Silverberg
Chi- Kane, Toews, Panarin, Hossa
Pit- Crosby, Malkin, Kessel, Hornqvist
Sj- Pavelski, Couture, Thornton, Marleau
Tb- Stamkos, Kucherov, Johnson, Drouin
wsh- Ovi, Backstrom, Oshie, Kusnetsov

Probably the best teams over the past decade almost. You could probably add names to some of those teams.
- manvanfan

U can add us to that list for the past decade.
4 good teams without cups at that.

IMO I don't think JB and WD are on the same page. In the press conference after the 2 trades this past week were done WD didn't sound all that happy with the direction we are going.
- Kaynine

Slick Willie isn't the guy in charge, so doesn't matter. At least it's not like A/V who pushed for trading grabner instead of his pet Raymond

Fine but c'mon who is?
I've no patience with firing without a replacement already in mind.
Kneejerk stuff isn't in my vocabulary.
- Nighthawk

Gerard Gallant lead Florida to a div title with a young team.
Kevin Dineen, 3 year asst in Chicago, was previous coach of Florida.
Darryl Sydor asst since 2011 in Minnesota.
Not a lot of experience from any of them but more in the NHL then Willie.

Taking on that salary, and the picks and prospects that'll come with it...
- kaptaan

Hello Arizona how is that working for u?

U can add us to that list for the past decade.
4 good teams without cups at that.
- Nighthawk

Unfortunately one of those teams has 3 cups. Only one team can win a cup every year eh....
3 of those teams have cups btw. Anaheim has won a cup, it was in 2007.