meh, lindy is a good coach… the personel he worked with were what he had… we need to spend more/better
ill feel better if we find out that there is no way we coulda got in… ie the flyers and boston both win out
Miller is a loser!!!
yep… hes only 5th in the league with wins…
6th. and wins and win percentage are two different things. not to say he is total shit, but wins alone doesn’t tell the whole story
hmm i just grabbed that 5th spot from espn… where did you see him at 6th?
and youre right. save percentage is key, but miller is a good goalie… he just needs be built around…
and for those of you that say lindy should be fired are outa your minds… you had a great coach with nolan, you guys were lucky to pick up rupp…
hes not the reason, hes a great coach, passionate about his players.
edit: JESUS miller is 27th in sv% still think hes good, but damn!
Here’s to cheering for Ovechkin and the Caps in the playoffs.
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feel free to contact me to set up tee-times for Buffalo vs Toronto 18 holes.
If we’re trying to be accurate, NO ONE made the playoffs in 2004-2005.
I don’t know how anyone could blame this year on Lindy, over the last two years we had far too much talent leave, and we didn’t replace any of it. Take 5 or 6 of the best players off of any team, see how they do.
And for people jumping on Miller, as long as he is with Buffalo his stats will never be fantastic. This doesn’t reflect his worth as a goalie, because most goalies in the league do not face nearly as many odd man rushes and breakaways as he does. You need to consider the team’s style of play when evaluating a goaltender. Also, it’d be nice if he could have the occasional day off, wouldn’t it? Presuming he starts against Boston, he’ll have 77 games. No goalie in the league has more starts. He hasn’t had a day off in almost 30 games. Fatigue is probably a factor for at least some of the soft goals lately.
Guaranteed half the people attacking Lindy and Ryan right now were huge supporters during the last two years.
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im actually rooting for SJ… dont know why… but they have been on a tear lately and i think it woudl be funny to see campbell win
Talk to anyone who knows me and they’ll tell you I wasn’t a Miller or Lindy fan last year. Miller got by last year because the team could score at will. Lindy got by with our awful powerplay because the team could score at will 5 on 5.
What’s your excuse for last year’s playoff performance?
how about Campbell vs Ovechkin in the finals? i would love that…
dude i was saying the same thing. Get outta my head.
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Talent is not a problem. We have plenty of it on the offense. Defensive talent is lacking, but we only lost one defensman, and it is not like we were doing that well when campbell was here.
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Miller faces odd man rushes on account of a risky defense, and a lack of effective back checking. Miller just did not play as well this year as he did last year. There is no arguing that. He single handedly held us in MANY games that we should have lost. We played a risky defense all of last year, with the assumption that Miller would make saves, and it worked out. This year, it crashed and burned. Buffalo does not play a trap defense. That shit is cheap, and just makes the game not-fun to play. Trap defense is what results in 1 point games.
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Lindy Ruff is an awesome coach, but if players don’t want to work hard and skate hard, there is nothing he can do about it.
We’ve missed the playoffs 4 of the last 6 years. I’m pretty sure anyone could have coached the team from the previous 2 years to the playoffs.
lol at everyone jumping all over the players and coach…
this same team could easily make playoffs next year…a little healthier would be nice
alot of Lindys moves have been questionable.
most recently why did he break up sekera and webb last night?? I know he did it to make room for spacek but why not break up tallinder and lydman?
he did put them back together after the first period.
the best coaches in the league get burned out, lindy has been here for a long time. Im not saying he needs to be replaced but I think he needs to regroup for sure.
So who do we part ways with this offseason??
My list goes like this:
- Peters- useless
- Afinogenov- too many givaways
- Kalinen- has overstayed his welcome by a couple years already
- Pratt- was a good fit, but with Sekera and Weber and maybe Teppo, he’s not needed
Who else?
I wouldn’t mind seeing them trade Connelly either.
They have a nice long off-season for that