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BarfingMonkey:
richkrt99:
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Now That's funny :lol:
BlackIce:
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I very much doubt that Adam Oates is a Quaker, but that's just me.
The championship window of the "Ovechkin era" is over. At this point, Alex Ovechkin is a player who seemingly still has a skill that is of particular usefulness in hockey success - putting the puck in the net. But he no longer is a player that can drive playoff success in a comprehensive way, and maybe he never was. At this point age is starting to catch up with him, and other than his uncanny ability to score (which wasn't really on display in the Islander series), he is really just another player out there on the ice now. If the Caps tree to win another championship in the "Ovechkin era," it will have to be with others doing the heavy lifting in all other aspects of the game besides scoring, and probably having to take an ever-increasing part of the scoring burden as well. It may still be the "Ovechkin era" in that he is still on the team, but it will not be the "Ovechkin era" in terms of his capability to drive outcomes.
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: zerofox on Wednesday August 26, 2020, 06:45:44 PM Eastern ---
I agree. I'm not sure who needs a coach right now and who might need one after the playoffs, but right now there's two front runners in Gallant and Lavi. We should move quick to make sure they aren't snatched up by another team. Not often you have coaches like that looking for jobs.
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And even Gallant has some nagging questions about his ability (or inability?) to adjust during playoff series, which is something that critics of past Caps coaches have harped on ad nauseam in previous years. It wouldn't be at all surprising, if the Caps hired Gallant, that in a couple of years we would hear the same complaints about him that we heard about Boudreau.
richkrt99:
My pick would be Babcock then Lavi, then Gallant
Although this is based on very little real knowledge of any of them.
Babcock just seems a bit more no nonsense hard nosed or fiery than the others which I think is needed for this squad. Need some culture breakdown and rebuild with a guy who demands enough respect that EVERYONE buys in.
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