sioux rube Posted March 28 Posted March 28 This was so cool to witness last night at the X https://thescore.com/nhl/news/3252318 1 1 Quote
cberkas Posted March 29 Author Posted March 29 The most NHL thing I could see happening. Buffalo fires Ruff hires Hak, Hak makes the playoffs because he overachieves, then the next season they miss the playoffs because Buffalo sucks and Hak gets fired. Quote
sioux rube Posted April 4 Posted April 4 On 3/29/2025 at 2:22 AM, cberkas said: The most NHL thing I could see happening. Buffalo fires Ruff hires Hak, Hak makes the playoffs because he overachieves, then the next season they miss the playoffs because Buffalo sucks and Hak gets fired. Sounds about right Quote
Frozen4sioux Posted April 4 Posted April 4 On 3/29/2025 at 2:22 AM, cberkas said: The most NHL thing I could see happening. Buffalo fires Ruff hires Hak, Hak makes the playoffs because he overachieves, then the next season they miss the playoffs because Buffalo sucks and Hak gets fired. .....and then they hire Tortorella to replace Hak. Quote
cberkas Posted April 4 Author Posted April 4 4 hours ago, Frozen4sioux said: .....and then they hire Tortorella to replace Hak. That would be typical NHL move, or they bring in the other two always recycled coaches Vigneault or Laviolette. It’s always those 3 getting fired and hired over and over again. 1 Quote
sioux rube Posted April 5 Posted April 5 Ovie had a chance to go out on ice when the Hawks pulled their goalie. He said no 1 Quote
Blackheart Posted April 5 Posted April 5 3 hours ago, sioux rube said: Ovie had a chance to go out on ice when the Hawks pulled their goalie. He said no Props to him for that...he wants 895 to be against a goalie. 1 Quote
sioux rube Posted April 6 Posted April 6 Ovie has done it and from his favorite spot on the power play 👍 1 Quote
Prison_Mike Posted April 6 Posted April 6 I was at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto about two years ago and they had the goal that Wayne Gretzky scored his record breaking 802nd goal on display. Looks like they will be swapping it out soon. Congrats to Ovechkin and kudos for Gretzky for being such a class act. Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted April 9 Posted April 9 On 3/27/2025 at 8:36 AM, cberkas said: Torts fired by Philly Someone please explain to me why this prick is considered a great coach? He's a short-tempered hothead who alienates everyone everywhere he goes. 1 Quote
tnt Posted April 9 Posted April 9 1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said: Someone please explain to me why this prick is considered a great coach? He's a short-tempered hothead who alienates everyone everywhere he goes. Coaches like him and Mike Keenan have that reputation because they don’t accept losing and hold their players accountable for their on ice play. For someone who is always complaining about accepting mediocrity, I would think you would respect that, especially considering Berry was often the antithesis. Quote
cberkas Posted April 9 Author Posted April 9 1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said: Someone please explain to me why this prick is considered a great coach? He's a short-tempered hothead who alienates everyone everywhere he goes. Why does the NHL keep hiring the same 5-6 coaches over and over? 2 Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted April 9 Posted April 9 12 hours ago, tnt said: Coaches like him and Mike Keenan have that reputation because they don’t accept losing and hold their players accountable for their on ice play. For someone who is always complaining about accepting mediocrity, I would think you would respect that, especially considering Berry was often the antithesis. Then why does he keep getting fired? Is it the players going behind his back to the GM and engineering a coup? Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted April 9 Posted April 9 12 hours ago, cberkas said: Why does the NHL keep hiring the same 5-6 coaches over and over? carle or torerella, trotz, hak, or all the others that keep being recycled... easy choice imo Quote
tnt Posted April 9 Posted April 9 5 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said: Then why does he keep getting fired? Is it the players going behind his back to the GM and engineering a coup? I think guys like Keenan and Tortorella all have a shelf life with a team. I believe they are brought in to re-establish discipline through a no nonsense approach. It probably works to begin with, then it gets old. By then, if they need to change coaches again, they at least have a new baseline of discipline to work from. I am guessing our program needs to go through the same transition right now to get to that baseline where we were in the past. 1 Quote
cberkas Posted April 13 Author Posted April 13 2 hours ago, sioux rube said: Two teams that did it to themselves by not getting younger 1 Quote
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