To me this demonstrates Burke's inability to remove his biases or personal narratives about players. Lombardi makes a solid defense of Yandle in that article using real stats and experience playing against Yandle. Burke just dismisses it because he "knows better."
That's very concerning. To turn this team around we need the best hockey minds making the most informed decisions not some old time "hockey guy" going by his gut. The league has evolved considerably in the past 15 years with the best teams using all of the information available to them to make roster decisions. The margin of error is so slim that we afford to be rolling the dice. We need to be informed with data and impartiality on what makes success (possession and skill) not some bygone adherence to a narrative about "size" and "intensity."
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