Dallas Stars head coach Pete DeBoer explains why he pulled Dallas Stars goalie Jake Oettinger after allowing two goals to the Edmonton Oilers in the first period of game five of the 2025 Western Conference Final.
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I knew they we losing the second that happened. Terrible decision under the circumstances
I think Florida is going to dominate the league for many yrs🎉
Credit to him. could have easily hid from the question but he gave you guys an answer. At that point in a series I don't mind the decision. nothing is working for lotsa games you may as well try something extreme.
LOL 2 goals from guys ALL ALONE in front of the net and you blame the goalie
Go talk about it on the golf course
Sad that a coach blames 1 guy for the mistakes and poor effort of the team . Should blame himself for not keeping his cool during a time when he needs to calm players down
Time for Otter to move then. If they disrespect him in such a way …. Toy flash backs.
The whole team lost. He should have pulled all of them.
I’m sorry but a coach that’s lost most of his conference finals appearances is also a big sample size. This is how you get fired as an nhl coach.
Most coaches and all goalies know that changing keepers is as strategic as praying to your dog to make a coin toss go your way.
Horrible coach. The team as a whole lost 6 of 7 games.
Fire the coach! The way he did this goalie pull was the lamest I've ever seen in my life as a hovkey fan since 1965!
Jamie Benn. Seriously? Time for retirement after your wimp non support for your goalie after you did nothing positive in the series!
Goalie should have scored a few goals. So yeah, make him sit as the rest of your team and especially you, Deboer, sucked!
Dallas can’t do anything but lose in big series.
Aba am pota!
As an AVS fan I just gotta say…..
LETS GO EDMONTON!!
dallas is still young. give it one more year. this is their 3rd straight conference final and it wont be their last
Deboar,debored, defeated, deflated
Good way to lose the respect of your whole bench and look like a dweeb.
Coach has last a lot of WCF… That’s a pretty big sample size.
His coaching really slipped in this series. Very disappointing.
It was otters fault even tho he had no help in front of the net and the team scoring 1 goal on average idk about that one Pete
Pete Slingblade DeBoer, can’t stand that guy
You're fired
Dude you just threw otter under the bus.
Poor Otty
Three otter under the bus. Bad coaching
lol what an idiot thing to say he also pulled him early in another game this playoffs
Maybe it could be your leadership?
Oh man pete is gunna get fired for that one 🎉😂
They literally scored 1 goal per game OR LESS in more than half the games that series. Give the guy a chance at least. And to assume this Edmonton team wouldn’t score more than 1 goal the other half of the series, you don’t have to be a head coach in the NHL to know that one
Pretty big sample size for you as a coach to lose 6 of 7 games to Oilers 😂 found an escape from the situation to blame it on the world top elite goalie
The more time passes, the more idiotic his comments & his decision feel
He did not loose the stars didn't loose Jake lost. O now it makes sense.
Team can’t find the net but it’s Jakes fault lol.
Can't believe the NHL reposted this 😂
I love that he played 7 minutes and Pete still says it’s his loss, a better example of a large sample size is 18 years and 2 Conference final wins 1NJD 1SJS all the others were 4-1 and 4-2 losses just ask VGK what happens when you get rid of him
DeBoer is the man!
No pete, YOU lost 6/7 games to Edmonton. Ownership should pull you and throw you the hell out.
I'm a 60 yo goaltender. IS THERE A SINGLE CANADIAN WHO DOES NOT THINK THAT PULLING YOUR GOALIE WILL "SPARK" THE TEAM??? Whatever the 'F' that means??
That Goalie is a idiot last year the same .Did not show up when count deport him to Suisse
“I didn’t blame it all on Jake”
2 seconds later
“He’s lost 6 of 7 to Edmonton”
Well let me ask this for everyone saying he handled oettinger wrong. Look at Connor hellebuyck. The longer he was in the worse he got. Things didn’t get better. Sure it’s elimination game but clearly he wasn’t locked in. I’m not saying he could’ve saved those goals but the puck found the back more than it didn’t (figuratively).
DeBoer dug his own grave with that statement
Update:
DeBoer is OUT as head coach in Dallas now.
"he" lost.. no your terrible defense and lack of offense lost those games
Does that coach even has any IQ?
He just blamed him….
The team was terrible