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Ottawa had a losing record and are grey cup Champs.

No. I think the GM'S said No to that. It's kind of unfair

Of course it's an option but... it's minor. I'm not in the room... none of us are but there appears to be somewhat of a divide or I dunno going on in there. Upgrading your 3rd pair D and backup goalie is great but if the problem really does lie deeper(it just might) then really you're ignoring the actual problems. I don't know if the vets are a problem... no clue... but if they are... how is upgrading your 3rd pair D or backup goalie solve that. It doesn't You don't think a guy like enstrom with his fiancee having cancer wouldn't like to perhaps be out east where it's probably easier to get a plane ride to Sweden? Or he wants a chance tO win a cup? NTC or limited ones... if a guy wants to win and not be part of the rebuild... move them. If not... then the only option really is to fire Maurice. I'm not sure that's the right option despite what I've said before because he would be the 2nd coach the veterans tuned out.

At this point, if he's lost the room, who knows, it doesn't matter who you bring in. It's a new voice. There really are 2 options here... 1. Fire Maurice. 2. Make a huge trade involving a couple veteran players and go full in with your youth rebuild that has kind of just started or really, still in the early stages of development.

Well, when you think about it... they are in a rebuild, it just started maybe last year or the year prior but if you really break it down... Guys who have basically just joined the big club this year or last so NHL ROOKIE AND SOPHOMORES - Helle,Morrissey,Ehlers,Laine,Petan,Copp Guys who are starting to come in to their own but still not really veterans -Scheif,Trouba,Lowry,Armia They are in a rebuild.

interesting little snippet from an article by Peter Tessier, who is a blogger of sorts. So what happens tonight in Glendale? What team shows up? It's anybodies guess but Paul Maurice gave a good quote yesterday when asked why there was no punishment or bag skate yesterday at practice before they left for warmer climates. "I didn't want them to have an excuse if they don't play well". That is an interesting response and perhaps a point where the coach is clearly saying that this lies on them, not me/us. If there is an excuse it's something the players have to identify and own and if Maurice has the backing of his GM and owner then times surely could get interesting in Winnipeg if another egg or two is laid in the same fashion as Wednesday So maybe The Veteran players are the problem? I don't know. Also in other news, Chiarot is day to day with an upper body injury (stayed in Winnipeg) I've said it before, I don't want Maurice to be fired, I hope he's here a long long time, I do think some changes need to happen to the coaches tho (Flaherty and Huddy have been here since year 1) (they probably need to be replaced this off-season) I also think that there is the real possibility that a few of our veteran players ( not gonna bother to guess who, but.. we only have so many) are perhaps part of the problem and if that's the case, perhaps it's time to move on from a couple of these vets (the ones who have been here since day 1). (Wheeler,Buff,Little,Toby,Stu,Thor) (those are the guys, i don't see Thor or Stu being issues, or Little for that matter but who knows, Buff? Maybe he is an issue, but he's not going to go anywhere, would they move the captain?? i dunno)

Sorta surprised Cato wasn't part of the deal

Yup. Just saw on twitter and wad told he'd be opening day starter

They talking about Comey or Trump or both?

Myers went home to Calgary or Kelowna to deal with a family matter

It's a 9 team league. It's not a 32 team league. The worst team last year could be one of the better ones this year

Nichols had a decent year in a system he fits in where he doesn't have to really be the man exactly. He just needed to MANage games here. I'm not sure Matt Nichols would have the same success elsewhere and I'm not even 100 percent convinced that he will have the same success here next year. We weren't really winning games because of Matt Nichols and the O. It was more D and special teams (Medlock )

It's retroactive to Jan 7th tho so it means very little. Melchiori being called up is more interesting in my opinion.... not because he's good but because that probably means Chiarot is injured or sick or benched.

Probably be Kompon if Maurice is canned. Doubt he will be mid season but a couple more stinkers like last game could change things. Honestly tho when Noel was fired... Maurice was kind of an out of left field hire.... meaning didn't see Maurice coming in. I doubt Maurice is fired mid season tho unless things really do go bad the next several games.

Ya 2 0 and helle stood on his head. Difference is Montreal ahl team shows more structure and discipline

It's mostly on coaching. Eventho you are delusional

He's not helping. Over playing helle isn't helping either. No confidence in hutch will do that

Lol. We played Montreal ahl team last night. Injuries aren't a problem... they are an EXCUSE Did you see the structure of that ahl team? Did you see our structure?

I dunno... should it be ? Shouldn't goaltending talk be in the other thread

Nobody thinks the goaltending has been good enough. Lots of us see many other issues with the team also tho

Did you see Chiarot get trapped in the jets d zone... ice the puck and then scheif lose the draw and all 3 jets go to the corner and leave the Montreal player all alone in front 5 feet from the net on the 3rd goal? Or how about our D zone play the entire game.... or lack there of.. or our forwards not hustling back.. our D making terrible pinches all game long? Did you hear your buddy Paul Maurice say the entire team played like horseshit? Or did you see him rip his team a new ass in the 2nd... cuz coaches do that when teams are just playing so well... did you see their 2 pp shots all game on 4 PP or their 2 shots all 2nd period?

Watch every game twice and you still don't see the coaching issues? Wow. Delusional

#fakenews. So when the national media talks about something that you agree with its ok but when they talk about Maurice... you just ignore it? Gotcha Guess Montreal has a goalie problem also seeing as price let in 7 Watch tomorrow vs Arizona. ... this is a big game for Maurice. If they come out and lay an egg again... he's on thin thin ice.

He's a good coach for a veteran heavy team. He's not for a team built around speed and youth. People want to talk about the whole vet thing.... well... PP unit 1. There you go. Full of struggling vets