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I wouldn't mind if Laviollette was fired in order to hire Quenneville, in the same fire and hire/addition by subtraction power play that the Blues staged to hire Montgomery. The Rangers need to act quickly before some other organization gets the same idea.
That usually never happens in the NHL. The GM fires the coach first and usually not himself when things are going badly.
True but it does happen more often than we think. Teams like Pittsburgh, Montreal, Toronto, Tampa, Philly & the Rangers come to mind of more recent examples when this happened. But often when a GM is fired mid-season the coach also is included.
The Rangers gave up 39 shots. Their defense has been way too porous. Even against Montreal, the shots were even most of the game. It's been very disappointing to say the least. The most likely change I see is with the head coach. Trades are also likely, for some better defensive pieces.
These pre-game memorials must be getting very hard on the family. Maybe it’s time to move on.
If they were there its because they agreed to it, maybe its something they felt would help them to grieve for their lost ones.
The Leafs are playing like the best team in hockey right now. You expect them to win every time they’re playing. They are a very well balanced team with a very good defence that is hard to play against & have possibly the top goaltending tandem in the league. They don’t have many holes in the lineup & although they’ve recently had their share of injuries the replacements have stepped up admirably. At one point recently they had 7 regulars out of the lineup but still found ways to win the game. The top 4 players (Matthews, Marner, Nylander & Tavares) have done their job with Tavares & Marner playing their best hockey in years! So good in fact that Matthews’ 11-game absence was barely noticeable. I’m extremely impressed with the job the coaching staff led by Craig Berube, Marc Savard & Lane Lambert have done. But the MVP of the coaching staff might be goalie coach Curtis Sanford!
Of course they can! Its not as if they owe anything to the league or the teams organisation. It is very common for families to ask for their privacy be respected during such hard emotional times. We see this all the time.
Criticized for too much tinkering, none of which worked, obviously:
