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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I don't know how much you can blame that on Hartley though. We have a small, weak team. As far as the style of play goes, Hartley does not really have much of a choice. Just like you cannot take a team of bruisers and grinders and expect them to play up tempo offense.
A team of smurfs will get run over no matter what. When a team is that one dimensional, I think you need to focus on strengths. Feaster needs to give Hartley the tools to make it a more rounded team IMO.
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I agree the team as it is constructed today is quite poor, it doesn't have any identity and there's no style of play that suits it......but, it doesn't matter what style you play or how big the team is, you have to get the team to buy in defensively.......and this team is horrible defensively.
You can't be the worst defensive team in the league and expect to win. They deserve to be at the bottom of the standings.
Now, I'm not saying that it's all Hartley's fault, it's not. I was just not a huge fan of the hire and after hearing him tell us how entertaining the team would be, I'm less of a fan. It isn't entertaining hockey, it's depressing.