TSN announced a new coaching change this morning. I'll just sum it up short. Maurice is back, back again, Maurice is back, Maurice is back, Maurice is back. After having a struggling start of 12-11-2, the Canes have replaced long-time coach with a coach that served an even longer term here. GM Jim Rutherford obviously did not want to miss the play-offs for a third straight season. Puck Daddy makes a good point by saying our offense has dropped from averaging about 3 goals a game last season to about 2.5 goals a game this season. One thing he also pointed out was Eric Staal only has two more points than Dennis Seidenberg. “It wasn’t about [the players having] confidence in the coach or the system,” Said Rutherford “It was confidence in themselves.”
With the hiring of Maurice, we have lost a good coach in Peter Laviolette. Its actually really strange this happened because Laviolette was hired to replace the fired Maurice. So far JR has been extremely criticized for this hiring but I don't think it is too bad. I criticize Rutherford myself because hiring Captain Mo may be the most freakin' torture the fans have ever felt or it may turn out to be one of the greatest moves our franchise has ever done. Maurice did after all seem to last here for 8 years and he led us to a Stanley Cup final appearance. Joining him on the bench will be the hall-of-famer Ron Francis. It is not sure how long these too will be in Carolina because currently they only have deals until the end of the season. Please leave your comments.
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