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Originally Posted by Benched
I like this. Sort of rings true to me. Last year they were working hard but they were having fun.
This year they're making bad plays, maybe not from a lack of try, but from trying to do too much. Trying a pass that's not there, making one too many moves, trying to snipe the absolute corner. They need to get back to smart hockey, take what's there, work with what u got. Instead of having a pass intercepted, puck stripped off your stick, or a blown shot wide of the net.
Group seems wound up tight. Expectations maybe got them second guessing.
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Doesn't that sound like a microcosm of the 2006 team?
I'm not gonna take anything away from Hartley's Jack Adams last year, but the only thing harder then what he did with a team with no expectations last year and taking them to the 2nd round, is taking a team that has expectations and try to meet them. Last year was great (a dream, really)... this year is gonna be the real deal to see if Hartley is a coach that can do it, or if he's another flash in the pan like Patrick Roy, Bill Barber, Ted Nolan, et al.