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 HamBlaster
Messages: 1413
Registered: June 2007
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Well, that was one rollercoaster of a season. I think we all saw this coming, considering the kind of ho hum hockey the team played for most of the campaign. There were so many problems with this roster.
- Goaltending remains a glaring issue, magnified by a lack of team commitment to D.
- Our squad was exposed by Anaheim's team speed and agility, consistently beating the Oilers to pucks and applying a relentless and productive forecheck (very similar to the Panthers).
- We have "leaders" on this team that have poor body language far too often, are dismissive, and seem to choose when they'll follow the script or just go off and do their own thing.
- We have coaching that is possibly as blasé as anything I've ever seen, an automaton at the helm that offers canned and frequently repeated answers after every substandard or catastrophic result. Knoblauch often just stares off into the horizon, searching for answers that seem to present themselves to better coaches.
- We have a pro scouting staff that has managed to convince management to pick up some god awful players and re-sign one in particular to a total nonsense contract.
- The amateur scouting is borderline (I'll give them a pass for now as we've consistently given them little to work with).
- The President of Hockey Ops is some mess of a guy that eradicated core elements of our pipeline just as they were emerging in favour of complete busts that lasted one year with the team.
It was a mess.
Where do we even start?
[Updated on: Fri, 01 May 2026 06:56]
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The easiest change will be the coaching staff, not just one, but outside of Coffey, I think they all go this time. There has been no adaptation on the fly, whether the players were asked and just did not do I do not know, but the result is the same.
Fredrick needs a new home, if you can not make the roster in playoffs then you need to move on.
Beyond that the team just never gelled this year, they never seemed in sync, they could get it for a game or 3 max, but generally only one or two periods. Maybe they are all just burnt out, to much hockey.
The scouting etc has proven that they do not understand how to find the missing pieces, there is no Kurri to McDavid, no Anderson to Drai, they cannot find the required pieces, and maybe that is on our stars.
Like everyone eles I do not have the answers, but I am certainly not surprised by the outcome of this series.
Will be interesting off season to see what happens.
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NCREDiBLE
Messages: 280
Registered: February 2007
Location: Cold Lake, AB
No Cups
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Kris Knoblauch has to go, they have been so flat in three elimination games.
Guys are hardly together long enough to build any chemistry.
That blank stare out into the abyss, looking for an answer.. thanks for the last 2 years but I hire Bruce Cassidy as that guy is an amazing coach, I also let him bring his own staff.
I also replace Stan Bowman, he has made us far worse in a short amount of time.
Let him go before he ruins our offseason when we actually have money to make a difference. I don’t know who to replace him with but I don’t want Keith Gretzky or anyone currently in our organization.
Scouting needs a major overhaul upgrade, too many misses that fans scream about.
Throw money to scouting and fix this so there’s no more passing on players like Wahlstedt.
Floaters need to go and we need more players like Podzkolzin with his heart and leadership.
I wish both could but 1 has to go in Nurse or Frederic.
Stop throwing out NTC’s like candy for players who haven’t earned it.
We need a goalie.. our last solid goalie was Dwayne Roloson 20 years ago.
We need the defence fixed.. also haven’t had a true #1 since Pronger 20 years ago lol
Our d is messy and turns over too easily.
I love the way Silovs battles as a goalie, id inquire about him.
Pipe dream, inquire about Saros.
I don’t bring back Ingram, Max Jones or Henrique.
Don’t over pay on Dickinson, Roslovic, Kapanen or on an extension for Murphy but I keep these guys.
9.25 Nurse, 10.5 Bouchard and 7 for Walman is insane.
I don’t think you win with these three on the same team, I’d try and only keep one and move two as they’re all grossly overpaid for what they bring.
I’d love to get a player who’s the next Doughty on our D.
Replace Emberson with an upgrade as well.
There is a lot of work to do here and I don’t trust Bowman to do the job.
[Updated on: Fri, 01 May 2026 08:29]
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tardigrade81
Messages: 4515
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
4 Cups
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| NCREDiBLE wrote on Fri, 01 May 2026 15:27 |
Kris Knoblauch has to go, they have been so flat in three elimination games.
Guys are hardly together long enough to build any chemistry.
That blank stare out into the abyss, looking for an answer.. thanks for the last 2 years but I hire Bruce Cassidy as that guy is an amazing coach, I also let him bring his own staff.
I also replace Stan Bowman, he has made us far worse in a short amount of time.
Let him go before he ruins our offseason when we actually have money to make a difference. I don’t know who to replace him with but I don’t want Keith Gretzky or anyone currently in our organization.
Scouting needs a major overhaul upgrade, too many misses that fans scream about.
Throw money to scouting and fix this so there’s no more passing on players like Wahlstedt.
Floaters need to go and we need more players like Podzkolzin with his heart and leadership.
I wish both could but 1 has to go in Nurse or Frederic.
Stop throwing out NTC’s like candy for players who haven’t earned it.
We need a goalie.. our last solid goalie was Dwayne Roloson 20 years ago.
We need the defence fixed.. also haven’t had a true #1 since Pronger 20 years ago lol
Our d is messy and turns over too easily.
I love the way Silovs battles as a goalie, id inquire about him.
Pipe dream, inquire about Saros.
I don’t bring back Ingram, Max Jones or Henrique.
Don’t over pay on Dickinson, Roslovic, Kapanen or on an extension for Murphy but I keep these guys.
9.25 Nurse, 10.5 Bouchard and 7 for Walman is insane.
I don’t think you win with these three on the same team, I’d try and only keep one and move two as they’re all grossly overpaid for what they bring.
I’d love to get a player who’s the next Doughty on our D.
Replace Emberson with an upgrade as well.
There is a lot of work to do here and I don’t trust Bowman to do the job.
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Well said. Agree win all things. Nurse just needs to go. This defense is horrendous and we haven’t had a solid defensive player since Kulak.
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