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Originally Posted by GioforPM
So was Hitch's honeymoon pretty much exactly the 10 games that Peter Maher always used to talk about?
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I think thats fairly accurate. I mean, Hitch's style is pretty much boilerplate for what the NHL was working hard to eliminate and its difficult to maintain.
"Hook, Hold and Hope" while stuffing the neutral zone doesnt work so well anymore and he really doesnt have a 'Plan B' and with that team he is basically resigned to doing the exact same thing every coach before him has done, his only real revolutionary tactic has been not hiding it.
They need scoring exclusively from their first line and godlike goaltending and nobody can make any mistakes.
When you look at that team do you really see 9 forwards and 6 defencemen who can make no mistakes?