inverno76 wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:30

His honesty is refreshing and disturbing. He is not wrong. He can put the best on-ice product together but he cannot guarantee wins or championships. That is the truth and look no further than this year. The first and second round eliminated most of the pre tournament Cup contenders. Holland is a terrible interview. I do not put a lot of stock into these articles. If I did, I would lose my mind and give up on hockey. Fortunately, in my eyes, I have seen this team take sizeable steps forward in each of the last 3 years (small slip this year, but I felt this team was better than last despite the no WCF). Visually we are a better team with warts. We have the two most entertaining players in the league, a solid nucleus around them, a middling defense and a questionable goaltending tandem with upside (not guaranteed). I choose t not believe the sky is not falling and hopefully Holland's replacement will interview better, whether it be his boy, Staios or anyone not name Chiarelli.

Yeah, can't guarantee everything works out, I think everyone knows that already though. The need to constantly say "I can't guarantee ___" is a tell IMO about how confident you are, and it can also be to try to lower expectations.

Terrible interview, I agree. Inspires zero confidence, and maybe that's intentional. We can all be totally stunned when one of his moves works out, and he hit the mark a couple times this year with Kostin and Ekholm. And all the misses like Campbell and Ceci playing kinda like everyone expected when we got him ... well, I guess he DID say he can't guarantee things will work out

"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013

"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015

5 x $5,000,000