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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Did Keenan make Tanguay into more of a winner and have a better career by making him come back past centre???
With Hartley as coach Tanguay was a key part of winning a SC and was not even thinking about coming back past centre.
I am all for having a team of tough talented grinders but all winning teams have their Tanguay's, Kane's, Carter's, Brett Hull's,Kariya's and Sellane's who are focused 90% on putting the biscuit in the basket.
Crosby works hard but 90 % of his focus is on the attacking side of the red line.
The Sedin's defense is based on them controlling the puck in the offensive zone.
Even Datsyuk and Zetterberg play defense by taking off and going full throttle on offense as soon as Lidstrom came close to a loose puck.
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Ask Tanguay how Hartley coached that team. They had one of the top defensive teams in the NHL, and Alex said he demanded a lot on the defensive end.
This isn't a Brent Sutter coached team, but the top teams have top players backcheck, and control the game in all 3 zones.
This isn't about taking 30 points off Sven, so he can come back hard. This about him being out on the ice in key times, and not getting scored on.
How many rings do the Sedin sisters have? Yeah I thought, I rather have 75 point player that wins us games, then a guy that will put up 100 points and do nothing.