Why would you leave out Dec. 18-Jan. 13 when Martin was the coach?
We're 41 games into his coaching tenure this season and the results are virtually the same as they were under DJ. We've figured out one thing this year: it was definitely not a coaching problem that this team had. I don't know why you keep trying to finesse the numbers to present this cherry-picked argument.
The answer is right in the post you quoted. With time and experience, I have learned that it's better to always preface things but I still get these questions anyway lol. Or maybe it wasn't clear enough? "
were partially capable of fixing many issues in a few weeks"
I don't think anybody, or at least the vast majority, were expecting Martin to turn the ship around right away. The thought was that the team under DJ was clearly not playing the right way and were lacking attention to details and good 2-way habits. It would have been VERY naive to expect a quicker turnaround (even if partial) than that and January 13th was actually faster than I initially thought. Goaltending has been just as bad though and I'd say even worse since their task is a lot easier than under DJ. Oh and it really isn't about "the record" for me.
You don't have to "subscribe to it" if you don't want to but I think there's enough posters here who understand this argument and that it has nothing to do with cherry picking. Despite some improvements, they still had a 7 games losing streak after that date so again, not cherry picked.
Thinking this team would get 110+ is absurd
Over 100 is wild in and of itself, but at least has a slight possibility
Don't think anyone voted 110 seriously. Frankly, I have no idea how to answer this poll as I find it's impossible to answer for next year because there's a million other factors outside of goaltending. Maybe the question should have been an hypothetical for THIS season with different goaltending
Imagine watching this team and thinking goaltending is the only issue. It's clearly a problem I am by no means exonerating ot. But theres alot more going wrong.
Advanced stats are a nice tool but absolutely not how to evaluate a team and should never be the number 1 metric. 2 GM's have used it as a primary tool and have failed absolutely miserably. Chayka and Dubas. Dubas was even gifted generational talent and still managed to blow it by having no clue how to build a team that can win.
This isn't baseball. It's the opposite, hockey is the ultimate team sport. It's not individual based. There are metrics that are unmeasurable. Physicality, sacrifice and cohesion. This team is so weak in these areas. They also rarely consistently bring the same effort nightly. They don't do what it takes on the defensive side of the puck to win. They simply are not willing or able to make the sacrifices it takes to win in this league. The D core is incredibly flawed. Small, soft, easy to play against. Other teams forwards lick their chops when they see Ottawa on the schedule. They know it's going to be an easy night.
If you kept track on my posting this season (and even before), I never thought goaltending was the only issue and was actually arguing that some posters were putting too much blame/emphasis on the problem. That said, I have been forced to acknowledge this season that our goaltending has been terrible and way way below average. Just average goaltending would have made this team much more competitive.
I can't post all my posting history in every post but I have noted a lot of additional issues along the way (coaching, Hamonic, Kubalik, roster construction like making of the bottom-6, type of wingers we had, lack of elements in the D-squad, etc). I just can't repeat all of this in every post as it's not possible and some people already complain that some of my posts are too long lol
I also never said advanced stats are everything but I think expected goals should almost not been called as advanced stats anymore. Teams that TEND to outshot, outcorsi and outchance their opposition on a regular basis TEND to do well in the results over a long period of time. That's all there is to it. Teams like Oilers, Panthers, Canes, Stars... this is the teams I want the Sens to look like on the ice.