Joe B Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Small season ticket holder Q & A with Shero tonight. Held in 'Boardwalk' area. . Free pretzels, hot dogs and soda, water. Stage set up with 2 comfy chairs. Laughin interviewed him a bit, the fans got to ask a dozen or so questions. Seems personable enough, couple jokes. Talked about the changes to expect. Says this team isn't as far away as when he was with the expansion team. Expects to be competitive this year. Sees whats been written in the press and is trying to motivate the players off of it. Can't remember the exact quote but something along the line of just because it is predicted before the season doesn't mean it will happen unless you let it happen, Mentioned old devils type of teams. roll 4 lines, although tough in cap era, had a calder cup while winning in 95. Had Elias and sykora in al while winning for example so he is stressing assets. Different feeling for fans and franchise if you make the playoffs after missing a few years as opposed to 8, 9 years in a row. Mentioned johnny Macs goal in 88. 2'nd question from a fan was about tanking. He isn't worried about next years raft, he is worried abut this years team. asked if he wants to model after any winning team said not really, more about acquiring assets and mentioned the fast supportive game. He is high on Hynes, knows we need help on O, but how do we get it doesn't want to sign bad contracts. We have Cap space, we have to use it wisely if and when an opportunity arises. depends on the scouts to be ready when they do arrive. Not sure about who gets C. Not sure if we have one at the season start. Says both coach and his decision, but has to happen organically. Did mention the devils always killed the penguins. Thought he walked a tough line of respecting the past and the change in the future. Some rah - rah type stuff for the fans. I sill don't hear emphasis on D mentioned that much so that does scare me I must admit, but again, you usually need 10 games into the season to get any type of feel for a team so I will try not to worry. Took pics and shook hands with some people afterwards. Hugh Webber (actually, he asked someone else who told us) said that the designated driver soda will be back next season. I asked Laughlin who has the tougher job. Ray, Cory or Cangi. replacing who they are replacing. Matt said Cangi because Doc is still at the top of his game. Paraphrasing everyone, including myself Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ELIAS6 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 doesnt really sound like he let out any more information then we didnt already know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 He was also asked the dreaded goal song question, which he turned and asked Hugh Weber about it and Hugh didn't really answer so Ray said something along the lines of "What is the goal song anyway? Did you even hear it last year because they were so bad." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadvlfan Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I don't get the obsession w/ goal song. I think we should ask Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) to compose a couple catchy goal songs. The "You suck" guys will find a way to get it in there anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsfan118 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I asked Laughlin who has the tougher job. Ray, Cory or Cangi. replacing who they are replacing. Matt said Cangi because Doc is still at the top of his game. Ohhh snap, not-so-subtle jab at Lou and Marty. ... just kidding, thanks for the post. Always love 'insider' stuff like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It was a nice event. I asked the question about the captaincy, and ironically enough I felt like that was the only "coach speak" answer he gave-- he named practically the entire team as candidates. Besides that I thought he was pretty candid. Larsson's name came up a few times. It's clear he's very high on him. He was very personable, joking that he should wait until after people renewed their season tickets before he'd answer the "tank or no tank" question. I thought the fans questions were pretty good. Surprised about the Pat Burns question, was asked with a good bit of attitude as if Ray had something to do with it. What was the Pat Burns question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 An elderly woman said with a relatively noticeable attitude "can we FINALLY do SOMETHING to honor Pat Burns"? . I don't disagree but I don't exactly think Ray Shero is a) the reason it hasn't happened yet or b) the reason it will/will not happen lol yeah buddy JUST got there. What could he have done anyway? During the summer? lol c'mon woman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 An elderly woman said with a relatively noticeable attitude "can we FINALLY do SOMETHING to honor Pat Burns"? . I don't disagree but I don't exactly think Ray Shero is a) the reason it hasn't happened yet or b) the reason it will/will not happen Sounds like a DFC member. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe B Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 (edited) wasn't an elderly lady that asked the question and there wasn't much attitude about it. I was wrong, was thinking of a different question. There was a bit of attitude, especially the In 'one man's opinion' question. Edited September 26, 2015 by Joe B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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