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Originally Posted by browna
Also in the equation are Gelinas and Cloutier. Preston, Playfair and Lowry all took heat for their specific roles (powerplay, coaching the defense etc) when those teams were struggling...the assistants under Hartley aren't facing the same (at least CP) scrutiny.
Maybe off topic a bit, but would be interesting to hear Burke chime in at some point about the state of the team; maybe not the coaches, but some pointed words at the players and general state of affairs. Can't imagine he's taking watching this team fumble around night after night, gently.
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I have a lunch and Q&A with 29 clients and Burke in a weeks time. The timing is actually great to see what his thoughts are and I am sure we will be sure to post to CP!
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Originally Posted by dissentowner
I think last years overachieving has really misled where this team actually is. We are still building toward a competitive club, we are not there yet. The fact that Bob Hartley got this team into the playoffs last year and gave the young guys a taste of playoff experience is incredible because they honestly were not ready to be that far yet. It took a bunch of incredible luck as well. So now people want to turf the coach because the team is not extremely overachieving again? I have news for you, nobody is coaching this team to the SC championship yet because they are not ready yet. Probably at least 3 years away still. Relax people, we are still building this thing.
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I don't think we overachieved as much as some make it sound.
If you look at our roster and compare it to other playoff teams, we look just as good if not better on paper to many of them. (other than goaltending)
Our D should be top 3 in the league, Our O should be middle of the pact and our goalie situation should have us on the bubble.
Instead, our D is near the bottom of the league, our goalies are at the bottom of the league and our O is coming from unlikely sources.