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Originally Posted by MarkGio
Hartley wasn't all-out offensively IMO. He played well within his assets. He had a young and unskilled team and needed to keep the fans engaged in a rebuild. In terms of not being able to take that style deep into the playoffs, his Stanley Cup would certainly prove otherwise. And in terms of career-years, Brodie and Giordano and Monahan are actually worse defensively. Hartley instilled confidence into those players, and in turn, allowed them to get excited at both ends of the rink.
It's hard to get excited about a system that won't score 5-on-5, come back from being down goals, and therefore its hard to buy-in to the defensive side as well
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That is true, he did have the Stanley Cup. I guess we were just two all-world centers, a top 3 goalie of all time and two HoF caliber d-men away from a cup. Oh, and a completely different era.
Shoulda kept him.