I just can't shake the feeling that GG is a total stats guy who has the team playing a mindless, stat friendly system. It would certainly explain why it's so boring to watch, and his total reluctance to change ANYTHING while he sits and waits for the stats to even out. He said it himself; he doesn't talk to the players immediately after a loss. Why? Is he preparing their report cards or something? I don't get it.
Gio and Brodie were one of the best tandems in the NHL, and he broke them up why? Because he favours R/L defense pairs apparently. Or because statistically speaking they perform better? Again, it makes no sense.
Call me crazy but I would rather have a guy with zero emotion crunching numbers on a calculator as an assistant than the guy leading the charge on the ice. Stats have their place, but IMO that place isn't as head coach. This isn't Moneyball.
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