"We are one of the most talented and dynamic teams in the league. Our record doesn't say who we are, I could just as easily be standing here today, boasting about 8 wins in the past 11 games. Dallas is a methodical tactician, you can see this by use of his whiteboard. His strategies simply take longer to grasp and when we do so, this league is in a lot of trouble. I wish the team I took to the finals in '06 would have had a Taylor Hall, a Nuge, a Yak - we would have won in 3 games as Carolina surrendered.
This team as constructed is certainly a playoff team, other GMs told me they are glad we won't be there in round 1. We've had a small run of bad luck, but all of the answers are in that dressing room. We don't want a McDavid as we don't need him to be at the top of this league. If we do get him, he will have to adapt to our systems to be a part of this synergy that were building, each game, win or lose."
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