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Originally Posted by wooohooo

Tried to give a quick summary while I'm not too busy at work, but I missed some parts but general gist of it.

Depth of team with leading scorer out
-Good depth, shuffled line and got good young players.
Players brought up from the AHL, how are they ready to step up?
-Play similar systems in AHL and NHL. Don’t try to overload, want them to just paly first few games. Don’t want them to overthink. Play with adrenaline. When they get used to it start talking about details and pushing them.

Mike smith and his play
-Great acquisition, goaltending fantastic – top of league. Got also a great leader, lots of passion and fire. Very positive and great leadership. Puck handling abilities like defenseman. Contributed to all areas of game with transition to better offense.

Momentum with streak – how to maintain rhythm?
-Want to keep it going, get used to playing every second night. On a roll, gotta keep going. We weren’t a tired group but NHL with buy week teams are paired with other teams coming off the buy week so level playing field.

Toss of stick
-Young players and culture. Didn’t awnt to go long in morning, wanted vetran guys to lead it didn’t get it. Set him off, and with young guys want to set a certain standard and didn’t want to let it go. Deliver message that’s not how we operate and culture based on higher standard and coaches need to do that.

Head coach and standards vs vets enforcing culture
-Great leader in Gio. In high function team by end of year the coaches are facilitators. Veteran guys grab ahold of guys. Developing relationship with players but develop emotional bank account. Doesn’t see himself as dictator. Wants to put plan of year but end of day can’t be dictator if you want team to take off. IT’s on players. Put bank account – communicates with them. Honest with them, tells them they awnt to block the shot. Honor birthdays, milestones… create culture. Create relationship on and off ice. When times are tough – you have accuont with them because they know you care with them, and need to withdrawl and push them they understand. When you push them they get better and don’t withdraw

How are you diffferent as head coach here vs dallas
-In Dallas, young guy – helped him with experience, hurt him a bit – some mistakes if he had more experience. Three years in vancouver got him comfortable in league. A lot of stuf fhe did was on track. Nothing can really compensate with experience. A lot of stuff he did was on track, gave him experience with league. Second time around – missed something but experience that we’re on right track.
-Got Texts from other coaches – they threw their stick too, welcome to club. Lol.
-When get together in summer meetings – understand emotions of being a coach. Two emotions as coach- winning and misery.

What’s more intense? Winning or misery
-Misery – runs deeper. When you win, how can I win the next night. When I loose it sinks much deeper.

Do you spend time enjoying wins?
-We addressed that – let’s enjoy the wins and not get back onto the stress game. Play 82 games – stay the coarse and don’t be on roller coaster. Enjoy being in the NHL.

Thanks for detailed summary!

Stuck with him on the Fire GG poll since he was a players coach and understood the room with emotional bank stored up for something like a sticking throwing motivator. Like his style even more after this interview. Understand why BT hired him.

Can only imagine the frustrations of misery state all coaches face regularly.

Really interesting to here his coaches are facilitators by end of the regular season comment. Hope he is right on that for playoff run!

Based on the "family" philosophy mentioned (ie. birthday celebrations), this organization has its act together on many levels. Results beginning to follow...