Murray is BB's mentor, right? Would be interesting.
Neilson was a bigger influence I think but definitely one of them. Not sure he'd even want to leave Western Michigan so soon and hop back into the jungle.
Here I go again but his benching was whacko for the following reasons and these are facts - not my bias.
He was benched after the Carolina game. Hunter accused him of a bad penalty. Fine. In games prior to that Wideman and Ward took even earlier penalties.
Hamr was on ice for only one goal against Carolina and it was the last one scored. You'd have thought he was on ice for all of them. And his teammates were also busy giving up another shortie which was Carolina's third goal.
Hamr's plus / minus is the team's best under Hunter by an exceedingly better margin.
Elsewhere I read that Hamrlik's goal differential (on ice for GA vs. on ice for GF) was
3rd best on the team behind only Semin and Ovechkin. And.........it was pointed out that he has more defensive zone starts and NO POWERPLAY TOI and does get shorthanded time. This is overall and not just under Hunter.
Hamrlik's overall plus / minus currently is fourth best on the team and includes his questionable start whether it was due to injury, a different system or whatever.
With Hamrlik scratched and on a long homestand the Caps go 4 - 3 - 1 with wins over bottom dwellers only.
Green is suspended and Hunter is FORCED to put him back in. The Caps go on a three game winning streak.
Green comes back and Hunter promptly scratches Hamrlik again. The Caps lose two games in a row.
Hunter has a brainstorm that maybe he should keep Hamrlik in the lineup. Since then the Caps have gone 4 - 2 - 2.
So in essence and since Hamrlik's first scratched game the record goes like this........
With Hamrlik: 7 - 2 - 2
Without Hamrlik: 4 - 5 - 1
And if Green had not been suspended and forced Hunter's hand Hamrlik may still be sitting.
Yeah I didn't realize it was that bad. That's pretty black and white. No way can Hunter be retained. Not with what he has shown us simply in his lineup decisions.
What are you even talking about? The Sharks were considered chokers under Wilson because they lost in the second round 3 years in a row. It had nothing to do with McLellan.
I frankly don't give a **** what 'legacy' the next coach is attached to. I just want a good coach.
Good coaches have failures all the time. It's the nature of the business. Claude Julien was fired in consecutive years before he got the Boston job. Joel Quenneville was let go by Colorado before going to Chicago. Does that mean those guys were bad coaches?
Once again, you attack other people's suggestions, but provide none of your own.
Why don't you put some substance behind your criticisms? Who would you hire as head coach?
Semin with only 20 goals, maybe he should be able to figure out why he only got 14 minutes. Sure he is the poster boy for giving better effort under Dale, but I sure hope he doesn't think we forgot he is UFA and is probably playing for his next contract more than anyone or anything. I admit he is playing smarter - he knows Dale will bench him. But not diving and trying is not enough for Mr Accountability. He is a scorer that rarely scores. He rarely even gets his great shot on net.
Semin isn't resigned, his TOI limited, despite his annual "Ignore I am UFA, I care" campaign. The writing is on the wall, and Dale is but an extension of George.
Chimera > Semin. A sign of the new times. 20 goals is 20 goals. Ted may want you entertained but George doesn't give a rats ass. If we fail to make the loffs, lets spam Ted and get him out.
Mental toughness is required of a team to go deep. And while the entire 60 min matters, I believe the two biggest indicators is goal differential in the 2nd period and in the first and final 2min of each period.
I'd be real interested to see if anyone has ever tracked those stats. I'm pretty darn confident that we suck high heaven.
Well, our friend Romao can do that easily.
UPDATE:
Second period: GF-GA = 67-83
First 2 minutes:
1st period 7-2
2nd period 7-7
3rd period 9-6
Last 2 minutes:
1st period 3-14 (this is really the low point)
2nd period 7-7
3rd period 6-9 (12-17 if you wanna add ENGs)
From 12 goals in the last 2 minutes of 3rd period Chimera scores exactly one third - 4 goals.
Semin with only 20 goals, maybe he should be able to figure out why he only got 14 minutes. Sure he is the poster boy for giving better effort under Dale, but I sure hope he doesn't think we forgot he is UFA and is probably playing for his next contract more than anyone or anything. I admit he is playing smarter - he knows Dale will bench him. But not diving and trying is not enough for Mr Accountability. He is a scorer that rarely scores. He rarely even gets his great shot on net.
Semin isn't resigned, his TOI limited, despite his annual "Ignore I am UFA, I care" campaign. The writing is on the wall, and Dale is but an extension of George.
Chimera > Semin. A sign of the new times. 20 goals is 20 goals. Ted may want you entertained but George doesn't give a rats ass. If we fail to make the loffs, lets spam Ted and get him out.
This is where I find Mr. Accountability a tadbit confusing. His perceived messages are only given to certain players and then at the strangest times. For example why limit a player's TOI, in this case Semin, when he in fact scored an ealy goal in one of the biggest games of the year?
Why throw one guy under the bus when after a 5 - 1 loss when there was plenty, and I mean plenty of fail by many?
20 goals is a down number. How many consecutive seasons of at least 20 have their been? What did fleischmann get as a ufa? Wait til he is gone and hard to replace. How many on the team have more goals than him? Ov gets 10m for 30 something?
Oh...and iirc many here were kicking mcphee for even keeping chimera much less that contract
Working off my phone mostly this week. Didn't see that challenge. I've had my suggestions posted on diff occasions previous. Mact has been my first choice. I like carbo a lot but fear his lack of coaching is a sign he is not well thought of league wide.
Beyond them its easier to shoot down a flwed candidate.
Tell you what. I will just shut up on this subject. I wanted dale hunter. I don't know ****
Semin with only 20 goals, maybe he should be able to figure out why he only got 14 minutes. Sure he is the poster boy for giving better effort under Dale, but I sure hope he doesn't think we forgot he is UFA and is probably playing for his next contract more than anyone or anything. I admit he is playing smarter - he knows Dale will bench him. But not diving and trying is not enough for Mr Accountability. He is a scorer that rarely scores. He rarely even gets his great shot on net.
Semin isn't resigned, his TOI limited, despite his annual "Ignore I am UFA, I care" campaign. The writing is on the wall, and Dale is but an extension of George.
Chimera > Semin. A sign of the new times. 20 goals is 20 goals. Ted may want you entertained but George doesn't give a rats ass. If we fail to make the loffs, lets spam Ted and get him out.
why are we acting like semin has been bad all year, he sucked under BB but since hunter took over hes been our 2nd best player, semins ****** play in november is irrelevant right now he should be getting much more ice time
Semin with only 20 goals, maybe he should be able to figure out why he only got 14 minutes. Sure he is the poster boy for giving better effort under Dale, but I sure hope he doesn't think we forgot he is UFA and is probably playing for his next contract more than anyone or anything. I admit he is playing smarter - he knows Dale will bench him. But not diving and trying is not enough for Mr Accountability. He is a scorer that rarely scores. He rarely even gets his great shot on net.
Semin isn't resigned, his TOI limited, despite his annual "Ignore I am UFA, I care" campaign. The writing is on the wall, and Dale is but an extension of George.
Chimera > Semin. A sign of the new times. 20 goals is 20 goals. Ted may want you entertained but George doesn't give a rats ass. If we fail to make the loffs, lets spam Ted and get him out.
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20 goals is a down number. How many consecutive seasons of at least 20 have their been? What did fleischmann get as a ufa? Wait til he is gone and hard to replace. How many on the team have more goals than him? Ov gets 10m for 30 something?
Oh...and iirc many here were kicking mcphee for even keeping chimera much less that contract
For as much hate as Semin gets people will only realize how good he was when/if he leaves.
We were better off without Murphy/Gonchar/Flash etc afterall right?
After being overloaded with top six skill in the past few years ..well now it seems we are barely treading water and will REALLY be hurting if Semin departs and Kuz doesn't come over.
Johansson didn't develop overnight like McPhee was expecting so that doesn't help the cause.
Man, I so want to blow this thing up. A new GM, HC and coaches and then add a couple of big FAs; 2C, 1D while getting rid of some junk. It won't happen but it actually is reasonably doable and this team could be right back on top of the East.
here's what i dont get. hunter is supposed to be about long term benching for mistakes and massive toi for playing right and getting it done. semin over the body of hunter's time is arguably the most consistant offensive forward. in this particular game they score two goals. semin unassisted and chimera with only one assist, semin. yet the guy gets 14 minutes and they lose.
yea...i dont get it either.
oh and yea, i was able to read the slam or two shot at semin for scoring that big goal.
for the record
semin is 2nd on the team in scoring.
tied for 2nd on the team in goals.
2nd on the team in assists.
semin is +8 as opposed to troy brouwer's -16 and Ov's -10
lets let him walk. good riddence. all that will be easy to replace. just like making the playoffs is easy.
. He can also teach them how to clear pucks.
