Derek Lalonde speaks with the media on Day 1 of Training Camp at Centre Ice Arena in Traverse City, MI. Presented by: Mortgage Matchup - Powered by UWM
Ok if you cant bring a team with kane and tarasenko on the second line to atleast a wild card you should be fired/not renewed (if his contract is 3 years as i expect) no excuses this year defense is maybe equal to last year goaltending equal maybe slightly better depending on which Talbot we get and offense is way better than last year GETTER DONE COACH
I don't like this coach. He, for one, is a excuse machine. He doesn't produce results from his team. "I ask my players to do more." Look coach, tell them to do more, or get the fwk out. Teach them, don't ask them. This coach does not exude excitement from the boyz. IMHO!
improved the record two years in a row but go off buddy. you have no idea what is going on in the room or anyones relationship with the coach. just say you dont know shit about hockey
cannot wait till this fool is fired. they now have a one line team. they traded away the depth scoring (Fabbri and Sprong) and the depth d-scoring (Walman and Ghost), so now losing that, lalonde makes it a one line team w his horrific lineup decisions. Kane Compher WILL NOT SCORE. They didn't last year. They won't this year. You are sending a one line team out vs a brutal early schedule. they will lose 90% of the games. Kane will want out by the deadline and probably well before deadline. maybe by the new year. Kane Cat Larkin was the best line last year the team had, by a huge margin. Ray holds out, Kane signs back despite NY wanting him for their top line, he even recruits other players to Detroit. and this is his reward. getting buried in the lineup and the holdout kid Raymond getting the plum spot in the lineup that Kane earned last year w his play. Kane is 29 goals short of 500, 91 pts short of the US record. him being in that top line spot Raymond has would not just be much better for him but would be much better for the team offense as a whole. yet Lalonde does what he does. the worst coach in the league.
Wow Steve Yzerman should call you, you are clearly very knowledgeable in the way of puck.......................................................................................................................................................
I actually thought Lalonde did a great job last year, thank you for bringing me out of my delusions, now I see the light! I commend you for the insight to blame Lalonde for the roster changes and educate me that those are not responsibility of the GM...... I used to think it was important for the d-corps to get the not so good GAA in order first of all.... Even though I personally have seen Tarasenko score bit in the past, I now understand that he is a grinder and can't replace Fabbri Think the same goes for Bergers vs Sprong? Finally, as you point out, this team is an obvious one line team, so it makes sense to move Kane (as he supposedly is better than Raymond) from the 2nd line to the 1st, so that the team becomes even more of a one line team, just to prove the point that they surely will lose 90% of the games and the coach is to blame for it all. I humbly thank you for the great insights and learnings
