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Blackhawks @ Leafs - Dec. 16th, 7:00pm - TSN4

Well, that was unexpected. Some scattered thoughts: Robertson had a great game. Stop splitting up the Joshua-Roy-McMann line. Time for Domi to sit again.
 
Bill_Berg said:
I'm happy for the night, but my overall confidence on the season and next five years remains quite low.
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That was getting so ugly, I'm relieved for them. Always hoping for the best.
But the objective is to have a parade at the end of the season.
Anything can happen in sports.
I thought they were better than what they've shown.
Odds makers still give them a 1% chance to win it all.
I just can't see it.
I'd blow it up.
 
herman said:
Literally this team is fine, the strategy is fine, as long as they choose to skate. They suck balls when they are waiting for someone to do something.
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Oh for heaven's sake.

They pull one out of their donkeyhole after playing like that very orifice for the first 54 minutes (as you later said yourself). Against a crummy team without their best player. Yeah, everything is just fine.

Choose to skate? Waiting for someone to do something? What does that even mean?

Everything that's wrong with this team is summed up in Matthews' "I can't hear you" gesture after scoring. Yes, Auston, the crowd gets to boo your sorryass team when it lays another egg at home.
 
Bender said:
Thats 100% recency bias.
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Hardly.

Treliving's taken a team that emphasized the strengths of its best players, let the best all-round player get away for nothing, and now has turned it into an unwatchable, unlikable dog's breakfast that ekes out just enough wins to stay in the middle of the pack in a Conference of Mediocrity. Nope, he's worse than JFJ.
 
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ZBBM said:
Everything that's wrong with this team is summed up in Matthews' "I can't hear you" gesture after scoring. Yes, Auston, the crowd gets to boo your sorryass team when it lays another egg at home.
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Somewhat related to this, I couldn't really believe Berube's comments on how the game went (courtsey of MLHS):

Actually, the first part of the first period wasn’t a terrible start. It was actually a good start to the game. We gave up a shorthanded goal, and that is a tough one.

The second was a little better, and our third was our best period, which is great to see the battle back. I thought our top line was really good tonight.
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The first period sucked, the second period sucked, the first half of the 3rd period sucked, the top line sucked aside from 2 shifts. Don't get why you'd sugar-coat any of that.
 
And Berube blathering on about how they were pretty good etc. and showed all kinds of fight in pulling it out. What absurd drivel.

This whole management crew can take a hike.

EDIT and just seeing your post CTB — exactly,
 
Bill_Berg said:
When can we start talking about how to rebuild this team. I think I'm ready..
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I’ve been ready for several weeks. I’d start with the GM, and probably the coach.

Then I’d get a GM who is a little more progressive and modern and has a clear definable idea of the style they want their team to play, and a coach who coaches to the strengths of the roster built. Preferably more puck possession-y.


As for players, I’d keep one of Woll or Stolarz. I’d keep OEL and McCabe. I’d keep Knies, Cowan, Tavares and probably Matthews, maybe Robertson cos we’ve always said he’d be a good player on a rebuilding team and could build up value if he played enough to get 25 goals one season.

Every single other player is tradeable for assets or prospects.
 
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