I’d argue he was a pretty good goaltender for about 3/4 of a season
they are kind of stuck with goaltender glut if they ever get the new guy back. The best option was probably to trade mrazek and keep soderblom
oh, I thought we were talking about a guy with a real job and influence. Yeah, whatever, any of the meatheads could fill that role. What is it, advisor to owner?
There aren’t many thoughtful ex-bears out there. You’ve got the usual allotment of meat head defense first goons. And a couple offensive linemen that want to run the ball first second and always. The problem with zero history of offensive success shows when there isn’t a realistic person to fill this role.
I’m pretty sure he’s as embarrassed as possible for a billionaire. I take him at his word when he admits to the embarrassment. He’s done it before. He does it often. The problem is not a lack of want. It’s lack of ability.
Sure it’s fixable. But Poles isn’t the guy, Warren provides little reason for hope and nobody else knows what’s going on. There are very good reasons for a HC candidate to not choose the bears as their first job. Careers die in Chicago. Nagy got his old job back from the guy that actually runs his offense, but everyone else has faded away.
It’s not just that they are broken right now. They’ve been broken for a long time. The brief era of respectability when Lovie was here has been surrounded by ineptitude. There’s nobody in this organization who has succeeded at the NFL. The giants are a mess but they managed to be respectable and win titles recently. You can look back and see eras where a lot of these bad teams were very good, winning titles and/or putting up points. The bears don’t just have a bad reputation from disgruntled fans. They are a broken franchise that has been broken for way too long.
Nope. Caps artificially suppress salaries and a floor will not satisfy the players.
The luxury tax already suppresses salaries bit you can still see that owners can easily afford way above those artificial limits
Another one goal loss. Another empty netter given up. Another goal by Bedard. The first assist by Nazar. Despite the recent wins this team is still last overall in the league and going to draft somebody with a ton of talent. But they’ve got a long way to go to match the excitement and talent of a team like the devils with scoring coming from all sorts of guys and budding superstars all around.