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Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire
I've been wondering the same thing.
When it was rumoured Hartley was the front runner, everyone on CP kept talking about how he plays q boring defensive game.
Then he gets hired and the press conference happens where he talks about playing an exciting brand of hockey and everyone assumes we've got ourselves a high offensive, no defense team who is going to leave Kipper out to dry.
Kind of odd how the consensus turns basically overnight.
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I think it's because people looked at his Atlanta days and not his Colorado days.
Hartley plays to the strengths of his clubs, and with ATL he was week up front, but here the strength is skilled wingers who can score possibly filling 4 lines.