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Playoff post mortem
PUCKNRUSH:
--- Quote from: Mickstix on Sunday April 28, 2019, 06:57:43 PM Eastern ---Up 2-0 in the series.. Lose
Get embarrassed in game 3.. Lose
Up 1 goal, twice in game 6.. Lose
Up 2 goals, twice in game 7, at home.. Lose
^^^ That's what Im pissed about.. Had no illusions on winning a 2nd cup this year, but that shit up there? Weak.. :uh-huh:
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Tell it like it is, Mick!
You ain’t SKEEEERED!!👍
Have a good summer! Catch up with ya next season, if not B4!
Rush
Mickstix:
Thanks Rush! You too buddy!! I've not seen any exit interviews.. They always seem too "chipper" for me. Like the time we lost to (iirc) the Lightning and the post series/game pix showed them all out partying in Tampa?? That shit burns my ass. lol Since they finally won a Cup, I'd not be against a total retool of the team, but they'll never do it. They could lose Kuzy, Holtby, Niskanen and I'd not really blink an eye.. Could save a lot of money and restock, but again, they'll never do it.. DC isn't a town for rebuilding.
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: Mickstix on Monday April 29, 2019, 11:11:25 AM Eastern ---Thanks Rush! You too buddy!! I've not seen any exit interviews.. They always seem too "chipper" for me. Like the time we lost to (iirc) the Lightning and the post series/game pix showed them all out partying in Tampa?? That shit burns my ass. lol Since they finally won a Cup, I'd not be against a total retool of the team, but they'll never do it. They could lose Kuzy, Holtby, Niskanen and I'd not really blink an eye.. Could save a lot of money and restock, but again, they'll never do it.. DC isn't a town for rebuilding.
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GMBetaMales exit interview made me throw my phone across the room. Regardless, the press’ questions and answers are just the same script as every early playoff loss.
The window for a rebuild is all but closed. To do that, you’d need to move Kuzy and Carlson to start with. Neither of those players or contracts would bring much more other than cap space and a few late rounders at most.
Moreover, trading these two “stars” and “headline contracts” would be an embarrassment for Monumental.
It is highly unlikely for a rebuild to occur without GMBetaMale being fired, and it will probably take missing the playoffs twice for that to happen.
alta:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Sunday April 28, 2019, 09:18:12 PM Eastern ---.......
Oh, and I don't buy the excuse that "we have played a lot of hockey" and were burnt out. There are plenty of teams that have had good runs after they won the Cup. Maybe they didn't party as hard as we did. Maybe they had deep enough leadership. Maybe they had management and coaches that made necessary changes and kept the team on track.
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I don't buy that they were tired either. I hate to point to shitsburgh, but they didn't look tired when they went back to back and the 3rd round, though they do now
Mickstix:
Im really not all that "down" on Carlson or his contract.. He plays a ton of minutes. Sets up Ovie on the PP.. He "can" be physical when tested, though he didn't seem like being bothered this year. As longa s he has a solid wing man, he wasn't too bad on D.. But Kuznetsov has me scratching my head. He's like a more successful Semin. Just acts like he's content with the one Cup. He can be electric, but also look like a power outage, all in the same game. lol
I agree though, it'll take multi playoff misses or a loooooong losing streak that leads to a playoff miss, to get the coach fired.. Not sure what it'll take to remove GMBM, not that I'm for removing him at the moment, but just look at GMGM and Grunfeld.. Yikees..
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