Saturday's Projected Lineup
FORWARDS
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Craig Smith
Taylor Hall - Erik Haula - David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk - Charlie Coyle - Nick Foligno
Trent Frederic - Tomas Nosek - Curtis Lazar
DEFENSEMEN
Matt Grzelcyk - Charlie McAvoy
Mike Reilly - Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort - Connor Clifton
GOALIES
Linus Ullmark
I agree. They are definitely not the most talented team in the league, but they absolutely playing way below their actual talent level, and that’s on coaching.There's just...nothing interesting about this team.
There's no creativity, no toughness..they're a boring, bad team. Which is insane, considering some of the talent they have. McAvoy, Pastrnak, Marchand, Hall, Bergeron - this should be a really good team. Pastrnak is on pace to have his worst season since being a rookie. DeBrusk is broken. Coyle is broken. Carlo has regressed. None of the young guys coming up from PVD are doing anything.
At this point there's no one to blame but the coach. The system isn't working.
Not even that. He's direct deposit.Has Foligno done anything yet except cash a paycheck?
I mostly agree, however today they are playing probably the worst team in the league. They have way too much talent to look like against these guys.I think the most frustrating thing about the Sweeney regime is that most of his acquisitions, when viewed in isolation, make sense or are otherwise defensible. Well, except for Rinaldo and Forbort. But when you look at the aggregate, you see a clear trend toward "safe" mediocrity that's just sapped this team of any kind of standout skills.
Nah - it was Cassidy’s fault he missed that.fucking christ, clifton
No it’s not. Clifton sucks, and that’s on Sweeney, (who should be gone first, IMO) but you don’t think maybe a different voice in the room, or style of play might help get a little more out of this roster? Look, I think Cassidy is a good coach, but every coach has their message fall on deaf ears after awhile.Nah - it was Cassidy’s fault he missed that.
And Derek Fuckin’ Forbort is out scoring them. By himself.Haula, Nosek, Foligno:
66GP - 3g / 8a / 38 PIM
"why does this team suck?"
I have my quibbles with Butch but I'm at the point where I don't know what people really expect of him, or this team overall. He's picking between Haula and Coyle for 2C. His GM has almost $10m in cap space tied up in Haula, Foligno, and Forbort. We can argue about whether Bruce has done DeBrusk, Studnicka, etc a disservice in their development based on prior usage, but I'm struggling to see where the untapped potential on this roster is.Nah - it was Cassidy’s fault he missed that.
Haha yeah that’s basically what I’m getting at. Obviously I was being sarcastic.I have my quibbles with Butch but I'm at the point where I don't know what people really expect of him, or this team overall. He's picking between Haula and Coyle for 2C. His GM has almost $10m in cap space tied up in Haula, Foligno, and Forbort. We can argue about whether Bruce has done DeBrusk, Studnicka, etc a disservice in their development based on prior usage, but I'm struggling to see where the untapped potential on this roster is.
I agree with this, and that the organization needs a major FO overhaul, but I look at sequences like that 2nd goal as evidence that maybe they could use a coaching change. That was the leaders of the team loafing it out there after busting their ass to tie the game. It just reeks of frustration.I have my quibbles with Butch but I'm at the point where I don't know what people really expect of him, or this team overall. He's picking between Haula and Coyle for 2C. His GM has almost $10m in cap space tied up in Haula, Foligno, and Forbort. We can argue about whether Bruce has done DeBrusk, Studnicka, etc a disservice in their development based on prior usage, but I'm struggling to see where the untapped potential on this roster is.
Buffalo has way too many JAGS as well. They are way to talented to be losing to this team at home. Something is seriously wrong in that room.Way too many JAGS on this team taking up cap space this year. The Krejci loss is significant.
Oh ya I knew you were lol, mainly my $0.02 on the talk about the coach being the issue or the room having tuned him out (the latter doesn't seem that farfetched, but brings us back to 'what is the potential of this team at 100%?')Haha yeah that’s basically what I’m getting at. Obviously I was being sarcastic.
Updated.Haula, Nosek, Foligno:
66GP - 4g / 8a / 38 PIM
"why does this team suck?"