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Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
I blame Eddie Lack! It's like Peters is doing a total 180 for calling him out in Carolina and now he is too passive towards Smith. There was NO WAY Lack was playing worse than Smith when he called him out.
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And Peters admitted what a mistake that was.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...past-mistakes/
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You won’t get the Eddie Lack sound bite so play that today and move on,” said Peters Monday of the 51-second clip in which he talks about how Lack had to earn the respect of his teammates for being ranked 60th in save percentage in a 30-team league.
“I learned from that. Not a proud moment as a coach. It was a little over the top. I apologized to Eddie that day. I apologized to (Carolina GM) Ronnie (Francis) when it happened, so let’s get that one out of the way.
“First call after I leave here is get ahold of Smitty (Mike Smith), (David) Rittich, (Tyler) Parsons and (Jon) Gillies and make sure they know they’re not going to get that one. You’ve got to build relationships with these guys and get on the same page and accomplish things together as a team.”
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