Their underlying numbers were still really solid.
I think it's fair to say they're not as good as they were in 2023 but not as bad as they were in 2024.
They got considerably worse after Travis Green took over in every metric, except for ironically……goaltending. That had more to do with acquiring two new guys who never got to play for Ruff. I still think we would have finished with several more points, if not several more wins if Ruff wasn’t fired until the season was over.
Every bad thing in this world is caused by Travis Green. He’s a plague on the universe.
As someone that wanted Ruff gone after this year, I always said we’re gonna be worse if his replacement is Green.
We managed to go 8-12-1 under Green with the best goaltending we had all year. That’s how bad Travis Green is.
I predicted we’d go 7-13-1 under Green. We went 8-12-1. So I guess we really are better than I thought, because we just cleared that by one win.
I’ve been blasting Green all year. He was in charge of the power play, which I think went on to finish 10th or 12th (it was first by a lot and converting on over 40% of opportunities early on lol) but it was I think 27th or 26th in expected goals.
I’m seriously convinced that Travis Green has been a bigger problem than Ruff all year long.
I’m also convinced that Andrew Brunette had more to do with our success last year than Ruff did.
Either way, replacing Brunette with Green is such a downgrade there isn’t a fair enough example I can think of to do it justice.
Travis Green f***ing sucks and needs to not have a job with the team next year.