Yeah but then look at their history of picking in the top 10 of the draft during the same period. It's a who's who of "where are they now" type guys. It all evens out.
Fair. Just pointing out that this is no where close to a Shero / Hynes situation or where it looks like Fitz has decided this is the hill he's going to die on.
Seriously, how does Jarmo Kekalainen still have a job? I know there are some complications to running a team in Columbus but after Johnny Hockey, Severson, Provorov and Babcock, that dude seems totally out of answers.
Realistically, when could he or should he have actually fired him? Shero had so many chances to get rid of Hines where no one would have batted an eye.
I was thinking the same thing but didn't want to post and jinx it and have him score the game winner or something. He was disturbingly quiet. I actually checked NHL.com at one point to see if he was in fact playing.
At this point, just give Smith a shift or two at wing and let him go at Trouba like a missle. No need to send him back out on D. If he gets suspended for a while for said hit, even better.
Given his importance to the franchise, should Jack really ever be a game time decision coming off a 2 week injury for a mid November game? If you don’t know if he’s good to go for tonight by now, just wait until Tuesday.
Hopefully this means we’re going 11F and 7D because no way you can justify Smith over Miller after Thursday night.
I’m guessing Lazar is there to run Trouba through the boards if he tries anything with Jack.