Or should we call it the 2021 season?

 

 

14 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

TOR had 5-1 lead over OTT...lose 6-5 in overtime.

I feel a lil better now about that OTT loss.

 

I'm in more in the 'Ahhhh the Leafs loose in horrible fashion, balance in the universe has been restored' camp.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLXHt4Kg1EA/

 

 

Comrie is back on waivers.

3 minutes ago, BomberBall said:

Comrie is back on waivers.

Too soon. We haven't even waived his replacement yet. 

Edited February 17, 20214 yr by JCon

ken dryden article about nhl goalie problem

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/02/hockey-goalies-are-too-big-now/618021/

This story is not about any particular goalie, but about the position itself and how it increasingly dominates the way hockey is played, and not for the right reasons. This story is about goalies and their equipment, and about how they’ve learned to use it. It is a story that has evolved very slowly, almost without change or notice for hockey’s first 100 years, then, since the 1980s, in actions initiated by goalies mostly, and counteractions by NHL regulators, players, and coaches, until today’s state of near-acceptance and resignation.

37 minutes ago, JCon said:

Too soon. We haven't even waived his replacement yet. 

Wasn’t implying we should bring him back.  Good kid, but I just don’t think he’s an NHL goalie.

1 minute ago, BomberBall said:

Wasn’t implying we should bring him back.  Good kid, but I just don’t think he’s an NHL goalie.

I was just kidding. I joked that when he was claimed that he would be back in a few weeks. 

 

No, he's an AHL goalie but a good team player. Would be nice to have for the taxi squad this year but not really necessary. 

Edited February 17, 20214 yr by JCon

3 hours ago, JCon said:

Too soon. We haven't even waived his replacement yet. 

Too soon. We haven't even reclaimed him yet

 

As much as I really hate the Leafs,  just watching them play the Sens before the Jet game starts, I really like their aggressive PK, especially the high guy who is always on the puck carrier. That’s how you scheme a pk unit imo.

12 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

As much as I really hate the Leafs,  just watching them play the Sens before the Jet game starts, I really like their aggressive PK, especially the high guy who is always on the puck carrier. That’s how you scheme a pk unit imo.

And, yet, they are 19th in the league on the PK. Winnipeg is 16th. 

 

What we like and what works are not always the same thing. 

heh... 

 

His is the NHL yoyo

He needs to spend 14 days quarantining. Ha! He'll be on waivers before he even gets in a practice!

30 minutes ago, Noeller said:

heh... 

 

Is Comrie's dad interested in buying the Jets yet?

So the Moose only have 1 goalie? The Jets like having a NHL GAA of 4+?

Edited February 18, 20214 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

 

 

 

5 hours ago, JCon said:

And, yet, they are 19th in the league on the PK. Winnipeg is 16th. 

 

What we like and what works are not always the same thing. 

Fair enough.

I'll use the goto default coach response to counter when challenged on what is liked:

'We have the right schemes in place, putting the players in the appropriate positions to be successful, we're just not getting full execution'.

   

4 hours ago, JCon said:

He needs to spend 14 days quarantining. Ha! He'll be on waivers before he even gets in a practice!

8 hours ago, bustamente said:

His is the NHL yoyo

The 2020's version of Gary "Suitcase" Smith lol

Assistant coach Muller has also been fired.

1 hour ago, blue_gold_84 said:

Assistant coach Muller has also been fired.

Well you usually win your first game after firing the coach so guess we can write off Thursday.

Montreal charges out of the gate, slows down and now sputtering. Coaches get fired. Ruthless business. 

3 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Well you usually win your first game after firing the coach so guess we can write off Thursday.

This isn't true at all. Ironically the last time the Habs fired a coach they played the Jets next and lost 3 1. 

What do you think? They brought in some new guy? They promoted an assistant.. Montreal is overrated. They were actually 24th overall last season and then went on some unsustainable run that is now ending because reality is... Montreal just isn't that good. 

 

 

 

5 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Well you usually win your first game after firing the coach so guess we can write off Thursday.

Montreal's talent recruiting pool is limited to only French Canadian coaches, and there aren't a whole lot of them with NHL coaching experience.  So who are they going to recycle this time?  What's Claude Noel doing these days lol...

Jacques Lemaire is only 75.

2 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Jacques Lemaire is only 75.

Mario Tremblay!