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I was just about to post this. I'd be open to it. Guy has a fantastic resume. He's won a Stanley Cup in Carolina, and he has been to the finals with Nashville and Philly. Going to the finals with 3 different teams is impressive. A lot of people keep saying that we shouldn't fire Blashill until there is a viable permanent replacement, is this it? We may not get a better option in the off-season.

Bringing up the youth and bringing in a new coach is not going to move this team completely out of the basement. They only need to finish one point worse than the 2nd to last place team to get the best odds (which aren't that good anyway) of getting 1st overall. I see no harm in bringing in Laviolette and bringing up the kids, even if it means a small improvement in the standings, at this point. Bring in some positivity and a hopeful future to a team that clearly needs it, that's a good thing. Team improvement, increased morale, and finishing the season in a positive state doesn't have to mean sacrificing 1st overall. I don't understand the idea that this team must be a loathsome, embarrassing, negativity train to MAYBE get Lafreniere. They could be all of that and still wind up picking 4th anyway. Why not bring in some new blood, make some positive strides towards next season, still finish as a lottery team, and hope we get lucky in the draft this year?

Not sure how much validity this site has (I'm assuming very little), but I'd trade Howard and / or Green for virtually anything at this point. I'd say there's no way Yzerman can trade Howard for Bemstrom or Green for Nylander, but he did trade de la Rose for Fabbri... so maybe?...

Never close the door on any medium or source of information, no matter how much they drive you nuts. It's what I tell myself everyday before coming here.

All star game and selection is not what it used to be....I'm sure 90+% of that is because what it used to be is when I was a kid, so much different perspective, but for me, part of looking at player accomplishments is how many all star selections they have....which really doesn't make sense anymore. The best players don't always get selected anymore....didn't use to be that way. How does the #5 scorer not make the all star team? Is it annoying when players say stuff like what Larkin said? Sure.....easy to disparage him for that. However, since I don't care enough anymore, I'll just give him the benefit of the doubt and look at it this way: If I'm in Larkin's shoes....I'd be thinking to myself "please don't vote me in"....I'd be embarrassed being selected when I clearly don't deserve to be there....I'd be dreading showing up to the event. The John Scott was a completely different scenario....everyone had fun with that.

Okay so why not hire Laviolette if he is the best chance of us getting on an upswing into next year? We are 13 points behind NJ the next overall loser and they have 2 games in hand so could be as much as 17. The distance to move up dramatically starts to get insurmountable in my opinion as we go up the standings. I highly doubt you get a 20 plus point bump from a coaching change especially as the players adapt to a new coach's strategy plus more injuries, perhaps a trade @ the deadline(LMAO) I think we are comfortably numb at the bottom of the pile and will see a top 5 pick as worst case.

I like Burke. Even when I don't agree with him, I can still appeciate his spicy outspokenness. (For the record, I pretty much agree with his take on Larkin's comments.)

But if he wants Laviolette he has to act now.

Or Vegas (although I think Gallant's safe regardless)

I wouldn't have a problem with Laviolette - however me thinks Grand Master Y is waiting to see what develops in TB this spring.

Lots and lots of these? God knows he probably has Christmas bills to pay off and living in Nashville isn't as cheap as it used to be!!

shaddup, commie

That's fair. Honestly tho, I'm really not sure that any of our prospects would make this team any better this season. Svechnikov has entered the Jurco Bust Danger Zone. Cholowski's been a d-zone disaster at the NHL level. Rasmussen probably won't see much/any NHL action this season. I'm kind of on the fence about whether Yzerman should let Seider anywhere near this mess. Additionally, as @AtlantaHotWings pointed out, we're 13 points behind the 30th place Devils. We've nearly doubled their negative goal differential (-73 versus -38). Unless Rasmussen can give us .925 goaltending for 12-15 games, we've probably already got that 31st finish all wrapped up -- regardless of what moves Yzerman makes between now and the end of the season. tfw you get tricked into giving props to WiiM

He's skating you spelled "2nd liner" wrong

I was always more of an Ana Ivanovic guy.

Guys, plz don't fight. It breaks my heart. We're all on the same team here. Let's remember who the real enemy is: Mackel.

Coming from the "Zadina is a bust" guy.

Once he's well and truly bested he'll criticize your spelling. I've been there it's quite satisfying.

Agreed. This would be a good hire. When a HC does well with lower payroll, smaller market teams, it tells me they're good at squeezing lemonade out of lemons. This team could use that right now.

I mean it's whatever you say. You seem to have intimate knowledge of his personality behaviors and current feelings....

Completely ignores and abandons Ericsson example, proceeds to make racist statement about Larkin. "Anyone I can't refute is a troll" Nice cop out coward "Winnipegs career AHL goalie is better than Howard"

Remember how Homer could barely speak? That was the comparison I was trying to make Wow it's like you're in the room with him. Did he email you and tell you all this? Or in reality do you not actually know anything about Larkin's personality or how he's currently feeling and ur just pulling narratives outta ur ass?

Blashill replacement?

I think McIsaac is a top 4 guy in the right situation. Probably the defensive yin to his partners' offensive yang.

Why? Why? Look what you did.