I think the mistakes by Ferland and Gaudreau yesterday were typical of a lack of maturity. These guys are still young by NHL standards, and they've not yet developed the maturity to know when to push and when to cut losses. Effectively our 1st and 3rd lines are young players, and these are mistakes young players make. It ends up adding pressure on the defensemen.
Not much a coach can do anything about those mistakes other than to say "be smarter" and "have more experience."
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