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The one "played youth over veteran" they could say is goaltending and again, its a red herring designed to deflect from the coaching.  "Well if they had played Pavs all season instead of hanging the kid out to dry...".  Except Pavs coming up proved he's the 3rd best out of 3 goalies the Jets have.  So again, the decision to go with youth wasnt about taking a step back to develop...it was about playing the best players.

Unless they argument also is that Wheeler, Toby, Buff, Perreault, Little & Thorburn are all negative contributors to leadership, then the "youth" argument doesnt hold water.  Its an excuse to protect a lousy coach.  "Helle is young" is an excuse to protect Wade Flaherty who has made every single goalie we have ever had WORSE when they get to the NHL.  Habs through three goalie coaches while Price was developing to find the right fit.  They didnt say "Price sucks, the coach is great".  It was "Price is our guy, lets find the right coach to bring the most out of him."

Anything short of cleaning house of Maurice, Huddy and Flaherty this off-season should put the target squarely on Chevy moving forward.

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The whole 'willing to play the youth thing' is so overblown...

A.  he doesn't have enough vets...  half of the ones left here have lost a step and were still trotted out night after night until mid-December

B.  he overplayed Stafford until Stafford was so awful that Maurice was forced to put him on the 4th line...  we don't remember Stafford being called in the shootout instead of Ehlers... or how many times Staff has been bumped up to first line

C.  Stuart got injured not benched

D.  Laine and Ehlers on 2nd power play unit...?

E.  If Trouba doesn't hold out and Myers doesn't get injured, Morrissey is third pairing for the next two years...

 

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1 minute ago, Floyd said:

You're in a trolling mood today, aren't you...

Stuart was injured in early November... before that he was on our third pairing and killing penalties

No. He was a healthy scratch like Thor. Maurice was asked about it and said it was a tough decision because they both have done so much for the Jets over the years. I don't disagree with what you are saying... I think there are some better examples to use tho. 

For example...chiarot getting more ice time now than Morrissey.  Pavelec being recalled and praised when he sucked. The lack of accountability towards the Vets in general 

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2 minutes ago, Goalie said:

No. He was a healthy scratch like Thor. Maurice was asked about it and said it was a tough decision because they both have done so much for the Jets over the years. I don't disagree with what you are saying... I think there are some better examples to use tho. 

For example...chiarot getting more ice time now than Morrissey.  Pavelec being recalled and praised when he sucked. The lack of accountability towards the Vets in general 

Healthy scratch after he came back from his five or six games injured... anyway, we all saw him and Thorburn get way overplayed last season so not sure why the media is spinning this 'no other coach would play the youth' thing

Chiarot/Morrissey is a good point...  Maurice was forced to give Morrissey top minutes not the other way around...  Morrissey still has never really been given a shot on the PK yet

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  • 2 weeks later...

Oh yeah Maurice throw Hellebuyck under the bus for brutal play from our d......how long do we blame the players for a poor passive defensive schemes...the points on the opposition have all day to shoot even on 5 on 5....wow ..and we are gonna reward this guy with an extension...hopefully this proves that the so called genius of Cheveldayoff is definitely in question... time to clean house all around maybe...

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12 minutes ago, bb1 said:

Oh yeah Maurice throw Hellebuyck under the bus for brutal play from our d......how long do we blame the players for a poor passive defensive schemes...the points on the opposition have all day to shoot even on 5 on 5....wow ..and we are gonna reward this guy with an extension...hopefully this proves that the so called genius of Cheveldayoff is definitely in question... time to clean house all around maybe...

Are you sure he's not saving him from Stuart and Chiarot?

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Chevy ain't going anywhere 

On paper a top 4 of 

Buff Morrissey 

Trouba Toby 

It should be better. D zone play is awful. 

Why not go 

Buff Morrissey 

Postma Toby 

Shelter Chiara and Stu

It's just stupid roster decisions. Maurice has made them all year 

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4 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Chevy ain't going anywhere 

On paper a top 4 of 

Buff Morrissey 

Trouba Toby 

It should be better. D zone play is awful. 

Why not go 

Buff Morrissey 

Postma Toby 

Shelter Chiara and Stu

It's just stupid roster decisions. Maurice has made them all year 

Yeah well unfortunately Buff hasn't been great this year at all and Enstrom was brutal this game (Maurice kept putting him out there though) and it hasn't been a great year for him ethier... Chevy should stick if he fires Maurice and hires a great coach (Hitchcock?) If not I hope he goes down in flames with Maurice...if he resigns Maurice to an extension after this year he better be ready to walk the plank with him if the ship goes down.

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13 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Should probably just realize that Chevy is safe for probably a very long time 

Unfortunately I agree with you and also that he will probably resign Maurice ...and still be safe....?

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9 hours ago, Goalie said:

I'm not convinced about Maurice just yet. That extension chatter seemed to have died down 

The chatter was generated by the media. Doesn't mean it's gone away, just that something new and shiny has distracted them.

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The Jets are a playoff team as soon as Maurice plays his fourth line and 3rd D pairing for more than 7 minutes a game...

With Dano and Copp back, talent is there to roll four lines - moreso if Connor and Roslo make the move next year

Enstrom and Myers are a pretty impressive 3rd pairing - but no way Maurice ever goes for that.  He'll demote Trouba first.

 

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