That team is cr*p. They don't play defense, and their goaltender is mediocre. Like I said about the last game against them- it's not the seven that bothered me, it was the zero. They stink, and there's a good reason they are behind us in the standings. It's not Laviolette's fault- they spent the last two years completely gutting a team that made the final, and then they wonder why it isn't any good. Meanwhile, the players they traded, who were supposedly "drunks", got to drink out of the Stanley Cup last year. If our team is serious about working hard enough to make a playoff run, we HAVE TO beat THEM, at the very least.
That team is cr*p. They don't play defense, and their goaltender is mediocre. Like I said about the last game against them- it's not the seven that bothered me, it was the zero. They stink, and there's a good reason they are behind us in the standings. It's not Laviolette's fault- they spent the last two years completely gutting a team that made the final, and then they wonder why it isn't any good. Meanwhile, the players they traded, who were supposedly "drunks", got to drink out of the Stanley Cup last year. If our team is serious about working hard enough to make a playoff run, we HAVE TO beat THEM, at the very least. - dcb1
Have to win, agreed, but I don't think Philly is as bad as they've played this season. They never got it together, but they still have some big and dangerous players that can make you pay. Look no further than the 7-0 embarrassment earlier in the season.
That team is cr*p. They don't play defense, and their goaltender is mediocre. Like I said about the last game against them- it's not the seven that bothered me, it was the zero. They stink, and there's a good reason they are behind us in the standings. It's not Laviolette's fault- they spent the last two years completely gutting a team that made the final, and then they wonder why it isn't any good. Meanwhile, the players they traded, who were supposedly "drunks", got to drink out of the Stanley Cup last year. If our team is serious about working hard enough to make a playoff run, we HAVE TO beat THEM, at the very least. - dcb1
The isles consistently lose to the Flyers because they don't match up well against them. The Isles play terribly against very physical teams. It also is the case when they play Boston. The Isles should be able to beat Philly, but it won't happen until they learn to play against very physical opponents.
[quote=Jethro09]Your post implies that Nino's -35 or whatever it was and one point in 55 games was 100% Cappy's fault and had nothing to do with the fact that maybe, just maybe, he wasn't NHL ready and should have been in Portland instead. It implies that it was Cappy who is 100% to blame and that none of it falls on Snow, who maybe, just maybe, decided to rush a prospect like Nino to the NHL because his boss was mandating that Snow find anyway possiible to reach the salary floor by spending the least amount of money as possible to get there.
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What my post implies was that Nino was not NHL ready for the role he was given and neither would Tavares have been. Don't get me wrong, I didn't even want to draft Nino. But the kid WAS considered capable of making an NHL squad and looked decent during his first 9 game stint when he scored a goal and an assist in limited time and was a-1 prior to being returned to Portland where he dominated. Lots of players actually develop in the NHL but being given the wrong role will do nothing but expose that players shortcomings.
I'm not comparing him in terms of talent, but offensively gifted players are not going to succeed in the 1st year playing on a 4th line with arguably the worst center in the NHL right now. Bear in mind, while Nino was indeed a -29, Reasoner was -25. Jurcina was a -34. Hell our team captain and number one dman was a -27! So we can't pretend that it was only Nino showing up with a terrible +/-. It's not hard to rack up amazingingly bad plus minus stats when your team is near last in the league in goals scored while also giving up the 4th most goals in the league.
Of course we've fallen off the topic here, which is my point with Nino. Not that he's great or will be great, but that by taking a player that young and putting him in a role he wasn't cut out for with linemates that would struggle to score in the AHL, he was set up to fail. Ultimately that blame falls on the GM and coach. So there we are full, circle. I can't blame last year on Nino....I blame it on Cappy and Snow. - keaner17
Lets be clear, Nino never "dominated" in juniors. He was a solid player, a point per game player, but that's not "domination". What Strome is doing in the OHL the past few years is a lot closer to "domination" that what Nino did in the WHL.
