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Jan 08, 2010 Jan 09, 2010 1 0

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Raw Charge Where is Meszi? And, coaching is a joke!

Two years ago the Lightning made the right decision and invested in a young D-man - Andrej Meszaros.  Based on the three seasons where he kicked ass for the Senators, that made total sense.  Since then they have completely failed to develop his talent.  He played almost 300 consecutive games; he even played a game after a puck to the face that resulted in 64 stitches - talk about heart.  A shoulder injury forced him to miss the end of last season.  I turned on SUNHD tonight to find that he is sitting in the stands.  WTF?  Anybody who knows squat about hockey knows that this is the result of crappy coaching.  I attended close to 40 games last year and almost 20 this year.  I have listened to the fans and have heard nothing but derision about the coaching.  The system lacks forechecking, decent passing in the neutral zone, and backchecking of the forwards.  The team gets under pressure constantly in their own zone.  Please!  With the roster this team has, even an average coach should be able to achieve the playoffs.  I don't see this happening this year and am THIS close to finding another team to follow.  Thanks for listening to my rant, and let's see what we can do to rally around a team with great potential and disappointing coaching. 

 


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