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Wish we get to see Eichel under Granato

Tage again is one of those mental players that rigid coaches destroy

A 3rd for a big salary pending UFA we have no reason to re-sign given all the youth replacement options all budding is a good deal. Funny how people complain about how useless 3rd round picks are when they cried for days about 6ths being thrown away.

Reinhart shift after shift of awful

Reinhart pick was over which Sam to pick. And we picked at least the better one. Just a disappointing draft overall that year after #1 Nylander pick was out of left field and totally whiffed. Again a Murray overlooked all the soft factors and chose the guy with drive issues. As if going into harder and harder leagues is somehow going to fix that?

I’ve always blamed Steve Smith, even back with Housley, but yes essentially the same point. Coaching ruined our defense so bad

We’re winning games with no Eichel, Cozens, Hall, and almost benching Skinner lol

Everything Tim Murray did destroyed this team. Guy sought every useless attribute in draft picks time and time again. Ignored human factors and attributes time and time again that made other scouts shy away from the ‘numbers’ and assembled a culture less cesspit in the process of guys he hand picked and no plan B. No competition. He traded away multiple draft picks for guys who never did anything. He is the main reason we’re still in so much trouble today. Absolutely terrible GM. Botterill and crew actually weren’t awful at drafting. Not great but not bad. The coaching and pro scouts hurt his teams the most. His prospects all got rushed because the pro scouts were awful and injuries added up quick. His ultimate downfall was being unable to make a trade to save his team. So many almosts but couldn’t finish the lower value deals that were sorely needed. I don’t miss him much but he did get us back on track. Mittelstadt and Thompson under decent coaching aren’t as bad as the last coaches made them out to be. Cozens is great. Jokiharju before Steve Smith ruined him for Nylander turned a total turd he inherited into an asset. Of course his tenure will be defined by the ROR trade, but even RORa new team is souring on him. We had a culture problem from Murray and he had to go the guy is no leader. Adams just did what Krueger wanted so it’s hard to judge yet. I don’t like how Staal was blindsided about the trade- he came already given up on the game. He along with Krueger and Pegula bucks got a top talent like Hall. Now the players historic collapse we can leave the blame on coaches and whatever, but it did change some narrative. If he gets a decent deadline deal for Hall then we just turned a high dollar rental into a sorely needed asset in the future. Taking Quinn over his teammate was a ballsy move. He didn’t get us a goalie which arguably ensured last place this season. We shall see

Steve Smith was so freaking bad. Ruined so much for this team. Not even sure Krueger was the end all—-Krueger left the Xs and Os to his assistants and Steve Smith was always there for him

Steve Smith is finally wearing off

I’m seeing passes from the defense, especially like Dahlin, that were never attempted before. ‘Outside the system’. Seeing jump in from the defense too. Steve Smith was a huge problem. Forwards aren’t giving up the zone immediately and they’re picking pockets. Also getting some more attempts to skate into the slot for once. This transition is slow but refreshing. The system was so bad before.

I know the on ice play is different but Ullmark coming back made a huge difference too

Jesus Hall sucks

Okposo played like 20 minutes due to other injuries. It’s amazing we even scored a goal Blame the game in the empty net miss

Nah does highlight the importance of goaltending. And coaching (with only 8 teams)

The minor league team is bare. Picks are good. Staal was expendable with Cozens advancement

JJ was absolutely terrible Christ. How did we manage to get anything for him?

Steve Smith was just a disaster Kruegers major flaw was he was too rigid. Every team of his starts out hot then falls apart. Other teams figure him out and he doesn’t adjust. It may work in tournaments and soccer, but not hockey.

We have a lot of talent being completely mis used. Any coach who isn’t going to be figured out in a week and stagnate and plays to our creative players strengths is going to get a major turnaround, even with injuries.

Is Steve Smith gone? This is all a wasted effort if Steve Smith is also not fired

Don’t ruin the new kids tanking like we ruined the old kids. It’s not that hard

Eichel is waiting for a new coach.

A 2nd when we have no scouting department doesn’t excite me as much as a warm body

Leeman had years and years of success and a track record. How can anyone think it’s a bad choice?

They want to sign Hall extension before firing Krueger