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Post by LordNelson on Dec 9, 2019 15:05:02 GMT -8
I was just looking at the standings and the Red Wings really are bad. yea Wings have given up a league worst 124 goals thus far. Sharks now second worst in giving up 111 goals thus far. Sharks are now a (team) minus 23 with that metric dropping like a rock here in December. This plummeting goal differential trend is like a cockpit instrument telling the pilot to PULL UP! or you will soon crash into a mountian side.. Can't think of a more critical team 'health' number to be watched. |
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Post by danvilleshark on Dec 9, 2019 15:09:05 GMT -8
I was just looking at the standings and the Red Wings really are bad. yea Wings have given up a league worst 124 goals thus far. Sharks now second worst in giving up 111 goals thus far. Sharks are now a (team) minus 23 with that metric dropping like a rock here in December. This plummeting goal differential trend is like a cockpit instrument telling the pilot to PULL UP! or you will soon crash into a mountian side.. Can't think of a more critical team 'health' number to be watched. |
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Post by John96 on Dec 9, 2019 15:23:14 GMT -8
I know he's a Duck but man I like guys like Deslauriers. |
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Post by LordNelson on Dec 9, 2019 19:44:37 GMT -8
I know he's a Duck but man I like guys like Deslauriers. Duck GM Bob Murray seems to realize the need to develop/work in some 'big bodies' on to your NHL roster - so you can play a 'heavy' game when needed. I just looked over the Barracuda roster, they only have 4 players listed as over 200 pounds this season. Kind of a depressing group of stickhandling twigs by appearance. One guy we can hope for is 21 year old Keaton Middleton, a 6'5" 235 pound defenseman new on the Barracuda this season. an OHL guy. Yea Sharks should make an effort to develop a few more big bodies - but that implies DW keeps a drafting strategy. Ha! |
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Post by Fugazi on Dec 9, 2019 19:46:39 GMT -8
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Post by John96 on Dec 10, 2019 7:53:39 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on Dec 10, 2019 10:50:35 GMT -8
NEW YORK (Dec. 9, 2019) – New York Rangers forward Brendan Lemieux has been fined $2,000.00 for elbowing Vegas Golden Knights forward Cody Glass during NHL Game No. 466 in Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec. 8, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced today.
The incident occurred at 16:40 of the second period.
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Post by Fugazi on Dec 10, 2019 10:52:50 GMT -8
PEBBLE BEACH, CALIF. (December 9, 2019) – National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman made the following statement after today’s Board of Governors meeting:
As one of the preeminent professional sports leagues in the world and the preeminent hockey league in the world, we recognize and embrace our role in setting an example.
We are now obviously aware of conduct that was and is unacceptable. Whether it happened 10 years ago or last week, the answer must be the same – it is unacceptable.
While we may not have known, the fact is that we as a League – on behalf of ourselves, our teams, and our players, coaches, organizations and fans – must respond in a clear, meaningful and appropriate manner. Professionalism and respect have always been important to the League, but it is now a particularly important time to discuss it because everyone is entitled to a respectful workplace.
The world is changing for the better. This is an opportunity, and a moment, for positive change and this evolution should be expedited – for the benefit of everyone associated with the game we love. And even while change is taking effect, we still must acknowledge things that were wrong in the past. That acknowledgment allows those who were wronged to be heard, and it gives all of us an opportunity to prevent these things from happening again.
Inclusion and diversity are not simply buzzwords, they are foundational principles for the NHL. It’s why we initiated the Declaration of Principles and why we invest so much time and effort, along with so many resources into our Learn to Play and Hockey is For Everyone programs. Our message is unequivocal: We will not tolerate abusive behavior of any kind.
So, let me now address how we move forward.
I’d like to convey to you exactly what was said to the Board of Governors during our meeting.
1. We don’t like surprises – the Bill Peters situation was a complete surprise.
Going forward, our clubs are on notice that if they become aware of an incident of conduct involving NHL personnel on or off the ice that is clearly inappropriate, unlawful or demonstrably abusive, or that may violate the League’s policies, involving NHL Club personnel, on or off the ice, we at the League office – Bill Daly or me – must be immediately advised. There will be zero tolerance for any failure to notify us and in the event of such failure, the club and individuals involved can expect severe discipline.
As it relates to incidents involving Bill Peters in Carolina – there seems to be some confusion between statements by Peter Karmanos and Ron Francis, which I still need to sort out. However, I am fairly clear that none of this has anything to do with Carolina under Tom Dundon, who was among the first to call me when Peters’ conduct came to light and he first learned about the Peters physical abuse allegations in Carolina.
2. While I do not believe most NHL coaches conduct themselves in an inappropriate manner – in fact, I believe most NHL coaches are professional and respectful in the way they coach and the profession is not deserving of blanket condemnation because of the conduct of some individuals – however in order to expedite a change in culture and make clear the expectations we have for the conduct of coaches and other personnel, we will formulate a mandatory annual program on counseling, consciousness-raising, education and training on diversity and inclusion.
This program will be required for all Head Coaches, Minor League Coaches under contract with NHL teams, Assistant Coaches, General Managers and Assistant General Managers. We will focus the programming on training and other exercises and initiatives to ensure respectful locker rooms, training facilities, games, and all other hockey-related activities; and teach to ensure bystander intervention techniques, anti-harassment, anti-hazing, non-retaliation and anti-bullying best practices.
The exact structure of the program will be created by outside professionals in the field and we will consult with the Players’ Association and the Coaches’ Association in the program’s creation. We will also discuss with the Players’ Association the extent to which this program or another customized program should be presented to the players. Also, under the direction of NHL Executive Vice President Kim Davis, we will form a multidisciplinary council to suggest initiatives, monitor progress and coordinate efforts with all levels of hockey. The council will also make resources available to help any organization that might reach out for assistance.
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Post by danvilleshark on Dec 10, 2019 11:21:57 GMT -8
Wow, I wonder is the back story around this will come to light. |
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Post by Fugazi on Dec 10, 2019 16:37:40 GMT -8
via the NHL PR department,
December
12 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Induction (Inductees: Gary Bettman, Brian Gionta, Neal Henderson, Tim Thomas and Krissy Wendell) and Celebration of Lester Patrick (Recipient: Jack Blatherwick) (Washington, D.C.)
19 102nd anniversary of NHL’s first games
19-27 Holiday roster freeze in effect: For all players on an NHL active roster, injured reserve, or with non-roster and injured non-roster status as of midnight (local time) Dec. 19, a roster freeze shall apply through midnight (local time) Dec. 27, with respect to waivers, trades and loans, subject to the exceptions provided for in CBA Article 16.5 (d).
24-26 Holiday break (no scheduled practices – dressing rooms closed)
26 – Jan. 5 IIHF World Junior Championship (Ostrava/Trinec, Czech Republic)
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Post by LordNelson on Dec 11, 2019 11:55:14 GMT -8
Wow, WTF could this be all about? NHL.Com article states there was a "material act of unprofessionalism.." 1 - Tried to sneak-hit a joint in the bathroom aboard team charter flight? 2 - Verbally Abused Pavelski to not play his 'Honky-boy Wisconsin Polka-fuck trash' music in the dressing room? 3 - Found passed out at a Dallas strip club with panties over his head? Seriously Montgomery was an upstanding Div I College coach for years and won the NCAA Frozen four in 2017 (U Denver). ex-Shark player. I wish him well, but it will probably come out what actually occurred sooner or later.. Don't know if that will be good or bad. |
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Post by Fugazi on Dec 11, 2019 14:16:26 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on Dec 11, 2019 14:23:54 GMT -8
At Monday’s Board of Governors media conference, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly were asked if anyone else was under investigation for anything similar to what cost Bill Peters his job in Calgary.
They said no.
Bettman and Daly are lawyers. Good ones. If the question had stopped at, “Is anyone else under investigation?” the answer might have been different. They knew Monday night what the rest of us found out on Tuesday, that Jim Montgomery was finished as head coach of the Dallas Stars.
GM Jim Nill announced Montgomery’s dismissal hours after discovering “a material act of unprofessionalism.” According to multiple sources, Dallas fired Montgomery for cause, terminating the final two-and-a-half-years on his contract. (What remains to be seen is if Montgomery mounts a legal challenge.) Calgary needed more than three days to do a proper investigation, and Peters wasn’t officially fired. Marc Crawford’s been on leave for over a week. The Stars’ situation was different because the offending behaviour happened on their watch, not in a previous locale. They were certain of their corroboration and/or documentation, and they were certain of it quick.
The team and league bent over backwards to say that Montgomery’s punishment wasn’t for the racial or physical abuse being targeted for elimination. The word is this is a “personal behaviour issue,” with information being kept tight to protect the person who revealed the impropriety and out of respect to the rest of Montgomery’s family. (I don’t believe last week’s eyebrow-raising Dallas radio interview circulating through social media had anything to do with the decision.)
Montgomery’s coaching acumen was never in question. Dallas went to a second-round Game 7 double-overtime against the eventual Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues in his first season, and righted itself into a legit Cup contender after an awful 1-7-1 start this year. If there was a concern, it’s how much fun he liked to have away from the rink. You have to be so careful walking that line.
We’re in a cycle of bombshells ripping through the sport. Bettman looked at the cameras Monday night and said, “We don’t like surprises.” That message may have been delivered to the media, but it was directed at the NHL — anyone in a position to cover up anything. He read the same notes to the assembled Governors that he read publicly. He did not specify the penalties for failure to report, but the expectation is they will be severe.
There was a time when success could cover-up these things. Last season, Peters’ Flames finished second in the NHL. Montgomery’s .579 points percentage was 13th among active coaches and 54th all-time (per hockey-reference).
His firing was a message that while the spotlight may be on certain issues, any behavioural missteps are potentially fatal.
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Post by John96 on Dec 11, 2019 16:58:10 GMT -8
Yay, real hockey.
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Post by clarkro2 on Dec 11, 2019 17:20:41 GMT -8
Sharks fire PDB. Who is the head coach now?
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Post by gilfan on Dec 11, 2019 17:22:06 GMT -8
Sharks fire PDB. Who is the head coach now? SAN JOSE — Pete DeBoer, the only coach to take the Sharks to a Stanley Cup Final, has been fired by the team, multiple sources confirmed. An official announcement is expected later Wednesday. According to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet, Bob Boughner is taking over as DeBoer’s replacement. Per Pierre LeBrun of TSN and The Athletic, the Sharks decision to fire DeBoer was a hockey decision. DeBoer had this year and next year left on his contract at a salary of $3 million per season. DeBoer had a record of 198-129-34 in 361 games over four-plus seasons with the Sharks, who made the Stanley Cup Final in 2016. The Sharks, though, have started this season with a 15-16-2 record, and just finished a four-game road trip at 0-3-1. The Sharks entered Wednesday in sixth place in the Pacific Division, five points out of a playoff spot. The Sharks made the playoffs in each of DeBoer’s four seasons, as the team also advanced to the Western Conference Final last season before they lost to eventual Cup champion St. Louis in six games. Boughner spent the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons as DeBoer’s assistant before he was hired at the Florida Panthers’ head coach in 2017. Boughner was brought back to be an assistant with DeBoer after he was fired by the Panthers in April. |
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Post by Badger on Dec 11, 2019 17:23:02 GMT -8
Sharks fire PDB. Who is the head coach now? Well, that’s an interesting development. Looks like Boughner takes over. “DeBoer was not the only coaching change. According to Dave Pagnotta, the Sharks have also fired assistant coaches Dave Barr, Steve Spott and Johan Hedberg (also goaltending coach).“ |
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Post by bucharu on Dec 11, 2019 17:37:16 GMT -8
The Cup is ours.
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Post by sharkhaywood on Dec 11, 2019 17:38:04 GMT -8
Long overdue on Spott and Hedberg. So who do they hire next year?
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Post by redbeard on Dec 11, 2019 17:39:35 GMT -8
Sharks fire PDB. Who is the head coach now? Well, that’s an interesting development. Looks like Boughner takes over. “DeBoer was not the only coaching change. According to Dave Pagnotta, the Sharks have also fired assistant coaches Dave Barr, Steve Spott and Johan Hedberg (also goaltending coach).“ Yet Tanboy remains... ... he's like a cockroach. A very tan one at that... |
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Post by Fugazi on Dec 11, 2019 17:54:15 GMT -8
Well, that’s an interesting development. Looks like Boughner takes over. “DeBoer was not the only coaching change. According to Dave Pagnotta, the Sharks have also fired assistant coaches Dave Barr, Steve Spott and Johan Hedberg (also goaltending coach).“ Yet Tanboy remains... ... he's like a cockroach. A very tan one at that... He's been in Pebble Beach at the league meetings the last few days. I'm surprised he fired him |
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Post by John96 on Dec 11, 2019 18:00:34 GMT -8
Well, that’s an interesting development. Looks like Boughner takes over. “DeBoer was not the only coaching change. According to Dave Pagnotta, the Sharks have also fired assistant coaches Dave Barr, Steve Spott and Johan Hedberg (also goaltending coach).“ Yet Tanboy remains... ... he's like a cockroach. A very tan one at that... Don't disagree with the sentiment, the holes on the roster and other mistakes land at Wilson's feet to be sure but this is still the right move. But here and now the biggest problem isn't how the team is built (though it is a problem), it is their inability to play as well as they're capable of and establish any consistency to their game. That falls at the feet of coaching. Guys like Meier and Burns (and just about everyone else) just don't forget how to play hockey over the summer. Boughner is more of a stop-gap than anything I'd assume but it's probably his last try to prove he can be an NHL coach. Hopefully he performs like it. |
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Post by mk391419 on Dec 11, 2019 18:14:22 GMT -8
It's about damn time. Especially Hedberg.
I am surprised though that he was fired mid-year.
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Post by Marbles on Dec 11, 2019 18:16:37 GMT -8
Sharks fire PDB. Who is the head coach now? Thanks Goc. The fucking team labrador may as well be given a shot. |
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Post by Fugazi on Dec 11, 2019 18:16:46 GMT -8
Question
Who was the last Sharks head coach to be fired during the first half of the season.
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Post by Marbles on Dec 11, 2019 18:17:43 GMT -8
Sharks fire PDB. Who is the head coach now? SAN JOSE — Pete DeBoer, the only coach to take the Sharks to a Stanley Cup Final, has been fired by the team, multiple sources confirmed. An official announcement is expected later Wednesday. According to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet, Bob Boughner is taking over as DeBoer’s replacement. Per Pierre LeBrun of TSN and The Athletic, the Sharks decision to fire DeBoer was a hockey decision. DeBoer had this year and next year left on his contract at a salary of $3 million per season. DeBoer had a record of 198-129-34 in 361 games over four-plus seasons with the Sharks, who made the Stanley Cup Final in 2016. The Sharks, though, have started this season with a 15-16-2 record, and just finished a four-game road trip at 0-3-1. The Sharks entered Wednesday in sixth place in the Pacific Division, five points out of a playoff spot. The Sharks made the playoffs in each of DeBoer’s four seasons, as the team also advanced to the Western Conference Final last season before they lost to eventual Cup champion St. Louis in six games. Boughner spent the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons as DeBoer’s assistant before he was hired at the Florida Panthers’ head coach in 2017. Boughner was brought back to be an assistant with DeBoer after he was fired by the Panthers in April. The sharks missed the playoffs with Deboerre I thought? Or was that Todd's final straw? |
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Post by Marbles on Dec 11, 2019 18:18:57 GMT -8
Question Who was the last Sharks head coach to be fired during the first half of the season. Sutter? |
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Post by mk391419 on Dec 11, 2019 18:26:09 GMT -8
Question Who was the last Sharks head coach to be fired during the first half of the season. Darryl Sutter. |
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Post by mk391419 on Dec 11, 2019 18:26:47 GMT -8
SAN JOSE — Pete DeBoer, the only coach to take the Sharks to a Stanley Cup Final, has been fired by the team, multiple sources confirmed. An official announcement is expected later Wednesday. According to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet, Bob Boughner is taking over as DeBoer’s replacement. Per Pierre LeBrun of TSN and The Athletic, the Sharks decision to fire DeBoer was a hockey decision. DeBoer had this year and next year left on his contract at a salary of $3 million per season. DeBoer had a record of 198-129-34 in 361 games over four-plus seasons with the Sharks, who made the Stanley Cup Final in 2016. The Sharks, though, have started this season with a 15-16-2 record, and just finished a four-game road trip at 0-3-1. The Sharks entered Wednesday in sixth place in the Pacific Division, five points out of a playoff spot. The Sharks made the playoffs in each of DeBoer’s four seasons, as the team also advanced to the Western Conference Final last season before they lost to eventual Cup champion St. Louis in six games. Boughner spent the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons as DeBoer’s assistant before he was hired at the Florida Panthers’ head coach in 2017. Boughner was brought back to be an assistant with DeBoer after he was fired by the Panthers in April. The sharks missed the playoffs with Deboerre I thought? Or was that Todd's final straw? That was the Todd's last stand/straw. |
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Post by Fugazi on Dec 11, 2019 18:34:55 GMT -8
The sharks missed the playoffs with Deboerre I thought? Or was that Todd's final straw? That was the Todd's last stand/straw. Like DeBoer a coach that was fired to late |
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