I'll keep an open mind, and will wait and see how it goes. All I want is results, I don't really care who the coach is.
And yes, he is highly respected. And I have no doubt Treliving and his staff have done their homework and have solid reasons for why they have chosen him (if they indeed have).
But I have two concerns.
The first is style of play. When you drop $10k to go out on 41 winter nights to watch hockey, you want to at least be entertained. For the love of God, give us energetic, fast-paced, inspired hockey. I am not saying that Peters won't, I am merely concerned by the similarities between the results from Carolina and the results from Calgary. I can't stand passive defense and I sure hope that he doesn't preach the same passive, back up, sticks in lanes approach. And maybe he doesn't, I'll wait and see.
My other concern is that the last thing I want is another corsi-possession coach. I would rather watch cricket than have a crappy team with good corsi, and supporters repeating every night that the under-lying stats are good. If that's how this is going to play out (and I'm not saying it will), I want no part of it.
Please Treliving, give us a coach and a team that will play uptempo, exciting hockey. Please make Calgary a tough place to play in again.
Please.
And I don't care who that is - if it's Peters, fine. Just make it so.
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