Comments on: Is the NJ-Florida series proving that Tallon was right to dismiss DeBoer? http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/is-the-nj-florida-series-proving-that-tallon-was-right-to-dismiss-deboer/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Thu, 23 May 2013 01:54:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mdpucks http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/is-the-nj-florida-series-proving-that-tallon-was-right-to-dismiss-deboer/comment-page-1/#comment-63160 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:43:43 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=286584#comment-63160 What can DeBoer do when Kovalchuck looks like he’s skating with mono, the blue line has only one semi-offensive threat, Henrique has run out of gas, Clarkson has devolved back to 2010-11 form, and, Volchenkov looks like a skating corpse from all of the punishment he took during the regular season? I don’t question DeBoer’s moves or the Devils will to fight what I question is how much gas is really left in the tank against a hungrier Florida team. The only real difference in this series has been Florida’s power play and New Jersey’s amazing ability to shoot directly into the Florida goaltenders’ chest.

Perhaps if DeBoer complained to the NHL regarding officiating then perhaps he’d get more benifits of the whistle. Afterall that seems to be the way it works for Dineen, Tortorella, Bylsma, Hunter, etc.

]]> By: scottfmullin http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/is-the-nj-florida-series-proving-that-tallon-was-right-to-dismiss-deboer/comment-page-1/#comment-63055 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:42:25 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=286584#comment-63055 He got dismissed from Florida because he was a “veterans coach” on a team full of young, raw players. Not that there’s anything wrong with that sort of coach, but he would not adjust how he coached a hockey team on account of the type of guys on his team.

Talk to young guys like Mike Santorelli and Dmitry Kulikov, and they said that he was borderline verbally abusive to young players still trying to get acclimated to the NHL speed. Certainly he didn’t have the “players coach” mentality.

In addition, he never managed his goalies all that well. He was quick to pull goalies, which especially annoyed Scott Clemmensen. He wasn’t upset when he left town.

Finally, he played a boring style of hockey. DeBoer went into traps in the third when his teams had the lead. Panther fans lost count of how many games we blew when we went into a shell offensively. It was no surprise for us when his Devils choked away Game 3. His come-from-behind skills were lacking too, as he just never had any solid strategy to generate offense.

DeBoer just had his hands in his pockets here in South Florida as very few of his decisions went right on the ice.

]]> By: phillyphever http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/is-the-nj-florida-series-proving-that-tallon-was-right-to-dismiss-deboer/comment-page-1/#comment-63045 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:35:59 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=286584#comment-63045 Who wants to bet Lou pulls the plug on DeBoer if they lose the series?

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