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Originally Posted by Matty81
Don't mean to crap on the victoria fans as he had a good regular season there but Dave Lowry would be a bad choice imo. Going from 2nd to 1st in the bc division standings this year was good but he has been upset in the playoffs both times he's had top whl teams and watching victoria over his years his teams seem really undisiciplined, lots of pointless fighting, running around and bad penalties that won't fly at the nhl level.
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Agree about the penalties but disagree strongly about crapping the bed.
The Royals were supposed to be bottom feeders this season as they had lost all of their top 6 fwds pretty much. Again the lone bright spots were supposed to be Soy and Hickets.
Sure they bowed out in the 2nd round, but they certainly didn't choke.
Don't know how much you actually watch the Royals, but their offensive systems play this year and power play were very good.
The Royals had the 2nd best goal differential in the WHL. 281 GF , 166 GA. That screams of solid system play and even if the royals were taking g tons of penalties (which they were slightly above league average) they finished with the 2nd best PK in the league.
I concede the wheels fell off against Kelowna, but they shouldn't have even been in the playoffs in the first place.
They had 13 game winning streak and finished the season 9-0-1. So it's not like they sputtered into the playoffs.
Lowry is the biggest reason for the Royals season.