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but i would like to advertise my feelings as best as possible
FUCK YOU JOHN MACLEAN
I'm sorry, I just cant see how blaming a coach for a -50(90 goals for and 140 goals against) can be blamed on 1 man. I would like to think first the shitty team had the majority to do with this, and the GM that went out and made 1 player his entire focus for the new season has a lot to do with it. Think about it...90 goals in 45 games. Do you really think thats the coaches fault? Nope.
Probably not entirely, but MacLean may have at least been part of the problem...
In the 12 games since Lemaire has returned:
Kovalchuk: 6 goals, 11 points (previously 15 points in 32 games)
Zajac: 4 goals, 10 points (previously 15 points in 33 games)
Greene: 6 points (previously 10 points in 33 games)
Rolston: 6 points (previously 4 points in 16 games)
Clarkson: 4 goals (previously 4 goals in 33 games)
Zubrus: 3 goals (previously 4 goals in 32 games)
Not to mention since January 1st:
Brodeur: 3-0-1, .910 SV%, 2.64 GA (previously 5-18-1, .886 SV%, 3.04 GAA)
I can take chunks from seasons of teams and dissect them and cast out the blame accordingly but come on, do you really think just because the Devils are having a good stretch it automatically means it was the coach? Teams have up's and downs all the time. If the Caps fired Bruce when they were going through their horrible stretch, and now that they started winning again you people would be saying the same thing about them.
Hey dont forget the captain was just traded, maybe it was his fault that they sucked so bad.
I'll tell you why the Devils are where they're at. The team just blows.
Parise is out, Rolston, Brodeur, and Arnott are 100 years old. Kovalchuk is playing in a system he doesnt fit.
but whatever I dont really care either way, blame who you want. Just giving my .02.