I disagree with some of the choices he's made, but I find it interesting that while fans like you that know everything about about the game think he's useless, all those guys who know nothing about the game in the NHL think he's one of the best coaches in the league.
His biggest failure over the last few seasons is making it to the conference final. My guess is he won't be fired by the Wings anytime soon and if he is, he'll have a job before he puts the phone down. You'll be waiting a while for that moron Babcock to be "fired from the NHL".
Trip to the Memorial Cup, 3 trips to the cup final. One with freaking Anaheim. 1 World Jr. Gold, 1 World Championship gold. That's all fine and dandy, I bet he can't drive a tractor.
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I've wanted to make this since I first saw the torch relay commercial. After tonight, I had to do it...
This should be in its own thread for everyone to see..most people might just open and close this thread.
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Not to discredit Iggy's play last night but I thought he was a bit too stationary in the attacking zone. He seemed to be just waiting for the puck to get to him in the slot instead of moving his feet and trying to get open. Iggy plays best when he is skating hard which helps his board play. He gave up the puck a few times in Ze Germans zone and also in trying to enter the zone. There is still room for improvement for Iggy and that is what is scary.
One thing I will note however is that he has been skating extremely hard on the back check to take away odd man opportunities. Hope that translates back into his game when he rejoins the Flames.
what was with the Maquire love in with Crosby.. he spent more time talking about his drive to the net on Igg's 2nd goal then on the Pass Staal made and the Shot by Iggy.
He could not stop gushing about Crosby on that play...
what was with the Maquire love in with Crosby.. he spent more time talking about his drive to the net on Igg's 2nd goal then on the Pass Staal made and the Shot by Iggy.
He could not stop gushing about Crosby on that play...
I noticed that as well. Jarome makes a perfect shot and it's all about Crosby going to the net. There was also the Thornton goal where all he talked about Keith purposely shooting wide like it was genius when he really only did it because the shooting lane was taken away and it's a play Bouwmeester and many defensemen do every night. I'm not a McGuire hater but I'm starting to find his continued overemphasis of minor stuff annoying to the point where I wish I could just mute him out completely.
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Liked how at the end of the game, James Duthie said Jerome leads the way with 5 goals for team Canada but that was against Norway and Germany.
Why are people looking for reasons to downplay this guy, some of our own fans and now even after showing his awesomeness on the top line he still needs to be given an aster-ix for leading the team in goals?
I guess he is right...but did anyone else score 5 goals against Germany and Norway?
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Not to discredit Iggy's play last night but I thought he was a bit too stationary in the attacking zone. He seemed to be just waiting for the puck to get to him in the slot instead of moving his feet and trying to get open. Iggy plays best when he is skating hard which helps his board play. He gave up the puck a few times in Ze Germans zone and also in trying to enter the zone. There is still room for improvement for Iggy and that is what is scary.
One thing I will note however is that he has been skating extremely hard on the back check to take away odd man opportunities. Hope that translates back into his game when he rejoins the Flames.
The pressure on the backcheck is partly due to Iggy always standing around in the high slot looking for that one-timer. It is pretty much a third man high. It also opens up a lot of room for Staal and Crosby to go to work down low, as defenders always seem to congregate around Iggy.
I bet Babcock hates it though, as he loves the net presence, and Iggy isn't really providing that standing around up by the hashmarks.
In the end, hey - it seems to work, and has some good defensive results as well.
“I thought that line was really good tonight,” said head coach Mike Babcock. “Iggy’s played on and off the whole tournament. I thought Staal was very effective tonight. I liked that line, for sure.”
He's played ON more then any other Canadian forward and done so with limited ice time and a very short leash. This does however count as the most positive thing he's thrown Iggy's way all tournament long.
“I thought that line was really good tonight,” said head coach Mike Babcock. “Iggy’s played on and off the whole tournament. I thought Staal was very effective tonight. I liked that line, for sure.”
He's played ON more then any other Canadian forward and done so with limited ice time and a very short leash. This does however count as the most positive thing he's thrown Iggy's way all tournament long.
Maybe he thinks he has to light a constant fire under Iggy's ass to get him going? Otherwise he is just an idiot and a racist
“I thought that line was really good tonight,” said head coach Mike Babcock. “Iggy’s played on and off the whole tournament. I thought Staal was very effective tonight. I liked that line, for sure.”
He's played ON more then any other Canadian forward and done so with limited ice time and a very short leash. This does however count as the most positive thing he's thrown Iggy's way all tournament long.
Babcock seems to be saying Iginla has been dynamite in beat-up's of two inferior teams, so he's not going to get too excited about it until it happens when it matters.
There's no better time to see Big Game Iginla than tonight. If he doesn't like Babcock's indifference, now's the time to do something about it.
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Babcock seems to be saying Iginla has been dynamite in beat-up's of two inferior teams, so he's not going to get too excited about it until it happens when it matters.
There's no better time to see Big Game Iginla than tonight. If he doesn't like Babcock's indifference, now's the time to do something about it.
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While I can appreciate that and agree with you talking about Jarome's need for a big game tonight. He also wasn't given a chance to really produce against Canada's toughest opponent being relegated to the 4th line for 2/3 of the game and then when given an opportunity his line was easily the best on the ice.
If he's going to take the honest approach way with reports on players performances, where have the comments been on Nash, Getzlaf, Perry, Neidamyer?
