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Originally Posted by VilleN
That is revisionist history. We had poor goaltending and the team was getting used to a brand new system - it is very common to have some growing pains under a new coach. Overall, last year was a success for the team, going from lottery team to playoff team is a pretty good accomplishment for a first year coach.
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The defense was just as bad as the goaltending. The player usages were mind boggling and the penalties and special teams were horrific.
Props to him for getting them all going by December but it seems to take him ten games before he gives up on a bad idea.
If ferland flops, brouwer anchors Backlund, or anything else goes wrong out of the gate and he decides to let it slide for ten games it's on him.