[Russo] 8th-place Seattle on pace for 78 points. 9/10 Arizona/Nashville on pace for 82…So even if it took 85 points, as bad as it’s been for the Wild, all they need is 71 points in final 63 games. Very doable. Another reason I think Wild changing course and considering coaching change
8th-place Seattle on pace for 78 points. 9/10 Arizona/Nashville on pace for 82…So even if it took 85 points, as bad as it's been for #mnwild, all they need is 71 points in final 63 games. Very doable. Another reason I think Wild changing course and considering coaching change
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) November 27, 2023
by DecentLurker96
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Damn, Russo not holding back how he feels
Makes sense. One or two guys having down years is a player problem. The whole team performing this bad is a coaching issue.
We know Russo is the most plugged in reporter in hockey. If he’s saying this, along with the mailbag this morning which doesn’t paint a good picture for Deano’s future, it’s only a matter of time before he’s gone.
I hope Deano does NOT get fired. He is our only hope for last place. Plus it makes no sense. There is no good coach that wants this year and next year with the Wild. Or is GMBG and ownership trying to give us savages the feeling that the Wild management is trying to win…..
some coaching replacements: Ryan Warsofsky, Woodcroft, Marco Sturm, Mitch Love or Rikard Gronborg, Mike Hastings, please not John Hynes
I mean, what else can be done? Can’t trade anyone besides Middleton or Maroon.
Russo keeps floating John fucking Hynes as an Evason replacement which is absurd to me. That guy sucks. I’d rather keep Evason – and I’m not an Evason fan at all.
A coaching change won’t undo the awful extensions with NMC for the older players. GM BG may need to take some accountability
replacing the coach to win 1 playoff game is definitely the path to success.
The issue isn’t catching those 1 or 3 teams. The issue is they have to pass 6 teams at this point for the 2nd WC just to play likely COL, DAL, VGK, or LAK. One of those teams they need to pass is Edmonton who is also looking to turn around a very poor start to the season, but their start was largely due to terrible luck on both sides of the ice instead of only bad play.
Catching 1 team in the standings is very possible. But they need to get hot and also rely on 6+ other teams not getting hot.
Assuming they make the change, who is your favorite Skeletor minion to fill in any vacant assistant roles?
How is it when we are winning all we hear about is the great locker room full of leaders? Then when things get dire its all on Dean. Why doesn’t Spurge step up as the captain and take charge. He should be the only one interviewed post game but they trot out Freddy. Not a great look. I know family, grit, systems, bounces, trending up, blah blah.
Tank! Tank! Tank!
The 15 million in cap space that we’re still losing to Suter/Parise is not a joke.
Nathan McKinnon and Connor McDavid each only get $12.5 million. You could get Sydney Crosby AND Patrick Robinson.
Tank.
Give up on the next two years, get high draft picks, then win forever. I don’t want to limp in to the playoffs and get shamed out in the first round. What’s the point? Tank.