Toronto Maple Leafs: 5 Ruminations From Around the NHL
By James Tanner
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Randy Carlyle is the Worst
I know that I shouldn’t actively cheer for people to fail, but from his coaching style to his personality, there are few people in the NHL I cheer for less than Randy Carlyle. Now, I’m sure he’s a nice guy in real life, but his time as the Leafs coach has made me something less than a fan.
It’s nothing personal, but hockey is for fun and it’s just as fun to have the guys you hate as it is the guys you love.
Carlyle’s Ducks are terrible – they have lost six in a row and have some of the worst stats in the NHL – and he will likely soon be fired. Despite the injuries, the Ducks should be much better considering they’ve got Josh Manson, Hampus Lindholm, Brandon Montour and Cam Fowler on the blue line.
It’s a good blueline, but it can’t overcome the injuries up front and a terrible coach. People have been talking about how Carlyle’s coaching style has been ineffective and outdated since the day the Leafs hired him. Probably before that, actually, but I wasn’t paying attention back then.
possibly the worst coach in the NHL, you can expect a bad GM to hire him again once he’s fired. The NHL is hilarious sometimes.