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Smooch

Damn hard to blame him. They were probably able to promise instant playing time.

24 year old, former 1st round pick, Kostin now has 8 pts in 12 games for the Sharks. Theyre not even giving him big ice time or any special teams time. Theyre simply giving him regular 3rd/4th line minutes, unlike Derek.

You're regarded then. He's worse than Jonathan Eriksson pylon wise. Come on, man.

So in the offseason, I think we need to start talking about a Ben Chiarot 8 year extension. Chiarot-Petry Gostisbehere-Holl Walman-Seider Maata That should work out well for us in 24-25. I think we just didn't play Chiarot and Petry enough minutes and against tough enough opponents. We need to challenge them to bring out their best

Honesty = cringe This is going in my "good take" collection

I think it's fair to say that the Stanley Cup winning, Jack Adams winning, veteran coach with the reputation for getting a whole lot out of marginal rosters would be a better option right now than the rookie coach who's still trying to figure out how to run a NHL bench and locker room. I think it's okay to admit that you think Lalonde is a better long term option, or that he'll get better. Just don't kid yourself that he's comparable right now to one of the league's most accomplished veteran coaches. But I'm mostly being cheeky with you. Both Lalonde and Torts are comfortably employed. I just wish Derek were willing to be a little harder on the team. Some guys do respond well to the Ted Lasso style of coaching. And many others just need a kick in the ass. I think we fans sometimes forget that more than a few of these players are Western Canadian hicks, or South Boston trash bags, or whatever and they need a little more than "awww shucks, I know you've got more in you" to get motivated. At the very least I know they'd finish a goddamn check under Torts.

I'm not really sure Derek is overachieving. I'd expect a team with Larkin, Debrincat, Kane, Raymond, Seider, and 4,000 double digit scorers to be competing for the Wild Card. Especially when their 3rd string goalie was on a two month heater. I think there are very real reasons to criticize Lalonde for the late season collapse. And really s***ty reasons to blame him for it too. But I definitely don't get the impression that he's being targeted because he's got Dave Lewis syndrome and doesn't fit the typical square jawed, masculine, hockey guy archetype. I think he's being targeted because his team had a 10 point cushion and then fell apart, he won't play offensive players because of their turnovers but doesn't have the same rules for guys like Petry or Copp, the powerplay has fallen completely off the map and he keeps trotting out the same exact squads, he seems totally unwilling to call a timeout and stop the bleeding when his team starts slow or gets scored on twice in 30 seconds, He plays Austin Czarnik on a line with Patrick Kane while benching Joe Veleno, etc. etc. etc.

Agreed. If you need to be coddled you should play for a different team. If Dylan Larkin can spend a decade getting the sh*t beaten out of him surrounded by team after team of losers the least you can do is suck it up when your coach says you had a sh*t game. Didn't seem to hurt Benn and Seguin too much when Jim Lites called them out publicly a couple years ago.

Maybe players prefer being on a team where the coach protects them publicly? But if thats the case, it begs the question, do we want to attract players who like the idea of being coddled and protected by their coach?

Or Howard? He started at 25

Vasilevskiy was 20 when he played in the NHL for 16 games, then when he was 21, he played 24 games, then there was no looking back, the next season he played 50. Cossa is 21 now, once this playoff run is over, it's time for him to get a serious look next pre-season. Go with Lyon and Cossa. That is the way of the future right there. Then in 2 seasons, Cossa will be the starter. Next season is time. I'm over all the drafting high and waiting 4 years over and over again. Cossa is ready to show us what he's got. Mazur, Johansson, these kids are close, bring them up starting next season.

He's got 17 games in a row without a regulation loss. Why pump any brakes? Pump the GAS. Why do Detroit fans still think we are in 2002 and have a hall of famer at every position? Our goalies are journeymen. Get Cossa 9 games as Lyon's backup through Nov of next year. See how he handles NHL duty. If he excels, keep him up. If he falters, send him down and use someone else as back up. Simple.

Blashill was wonderful with the young kids too, plus won a ship with them...that didn't work out. Also, we no longer need "players coaches." We need mean, kick your ass coaches. Not saying Fedorov is mean, but I don't think he is a "nice guy" coach, like Lalonde.