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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I dunno ab out "largely the same". Lindholm, Hanifin, the rookie D pair, Rittich emerging are all huge developments. Ryan has also been a pretty solid addition. Czarnik and Neal not so much, but the players who are gone (Stajan, Brouwer, Lazar, Versteeg, etc) were not doing well so that's a non-factor.
Peters has been a welcome change, but IMO it's mostly to do with style and motivation, as opposed to systems. Plus way better slotting in the lineup due mainly to a couple fundamental roster moves. The guys that did well with GG (Gaudreau, Monahan, Gio, Tkachuk) are all doing even better. The difference is that Lindholm adds a lot to the first line and Hanifin allows Peters to work his D pair better.
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Of course there is no way to know for sure, but I am as certain as I can be that this same roster with GG still as coach would be performing dramatically worse than they are with Peters.
They play so different in so many tangible ways, his player utilization philosophies are very different, greater accountability, more consistent effort, more aggressive forcheck and active D, I could go on.
I think you are greatly underestimating the impact of GG not being the coach of this team.