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No…Heatly is out… Going after Vanek all out.
I think they should keep Yeo.
oooooh.Come on Grouse. Patrick Roy suddenly is the first coach to pull a goalie early?
Yeo has made several good moves. No amount of discussion is going to change your mind, but unfortunately for you, he’s going to be around a while.
I wouldn’t be so sure he’ll be back especially if we lose.
You guys oughta start all your posts with………….
“for arguements sake”. 
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I wouldn’t be so sure he’ll be back especially if we lose.
I wouldn’t be the only one in complete shock if they fired him. The team has gone through some growing pains, but as some of the talent matures and gets more consistent, they’ll only get better. It will also help to get the goaltending situation stabilized.
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So pulling the goalie with 3 minutes left is trend setting coaching…LOL…
Ummm, yeah, it really is. First of all, can you name any other coach who has pulled his goaltender with >4 minutes left in a game BESIDES Roy?
It’s in all the papers, even the Strib had a sidebar about Roy and the trend he touched off. Look it up, it’ in today’s.
Here’s Bruce Boudreau of the Ducks directly crediting Patrick Roy for the Ducks comeback win in game 6 over the Dallas Team Rustlers–errrm, “Stars”.
“I have to thank Patrick Roy. If he didn’t start pulling the goalie so early all year, I don’t think any of [us] would have,” Boudreau said.
So that would be Bruce Boudreau, the Jack Adams coach of the Year winner when he was with the Caps. And the guy who’s got about 300+ more games of coaching experience than Yeo. Not to mention years (probably closer to a decade, actually, but I didn’t look it up) more playing experience than Yeo.
Sure, you’re right in that nothing is all to do with the coach. But if the coach didn’t matter, why would anyone ever talk about them?
So enough about Roy, what’s Yeo’s big claim to fame? Setting of the trend of benching your 3rd leading scorer as a healthy scratch while your team struggles to make the playoffs?
Yeo must go.
Grouse
They’ve talked about Yeo’s putting Keumper in and starting him since game 3. Also adjustments to the line up after game 2. Reuniting Koivu and Praise that led to the winning goal the last game.
He’s also thrown speed on the 3rd line in Fontaine and Haula to match McKinnon and the rest of his line which has limited their scoring since game 2.
Esposito and Nanne were pretty great on Barrerio yesterday.
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They’ve talked about Yeo’s putting Keumper in and starting him since game 3. Also adjustments to the line up after game 2. Reuniting Koivu and Praise that led to the winning goal the last game.
He’s also thrown speed on the 3rd line in Fontaine and Haula to match McKinnon and the rest of his line which has limited their scoring since game 2.
Hmmm. While I wouldn’t argue that these were bad moves, shifting players to effectively match the opposition seem like what the average coach would do. So yes, Yeo figured it out and we’re better off for it.
I’d also say that Yeo really excels at standing behind the bench and looking stoic. I mean, don’t get me wrong, he’s no Bud Grand, but still he’s on top of that aspect of coaching at least.
There! You can’t say I never said anything nice about Yeo.
Grouse
I wouldn’t say its a given the average coach would task 2 young players to stop the other teams top line. Hasn’t it been one of your complaints that Yeo moves players too much?
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I wouldn’t say its a given the average coach would task 2 young players to stop the other teams top line. Hasn’t it been one of your complaints that Yeo moves players too much?
Sure, but there’s a big difference between moving players to create a better defensive pairing on a line and Yeo’s constant revolving door approach as he floundered to try to create more offense. Which was my criticism of Yeo.
Grouse
Yeo be throwing you some red meat tonight.
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The Wild will make one lineup change tonight. Stephane Veilleux will play for Justin Fontaine, who was on the ice for the Game 5 overtime winner and had a tough Game 6.
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3rd line: Matt Moulson – Erik Haula – Dany Heatley
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