Speaking of goalie coaches, Mike Bales (Pittsburgh and now Carolina) was interviewed by ESPN and echoed a few sentiments we've heard from Sigalet
http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/2...ing-turnaround
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[...]I don't get too much into the numbers with the guys. I think sometimes when you fill a guy's head with the numbers, it can overwhelm them. I just like them to go out and let them play.
When I'm dealing with my guys, my basic philosophy is that I'm trying to help them be the best version of themselves. I don't have a particular style. Some ideas, I feel, are more conducive to having success than others. But I'd say that's my basic philosophy. Everybody processes the game a little bit different. Everybody is built a little bit differently. Guys are more comfortable with certain save selections. I understand that guys have gotten to this level for a reason. Let's see what makes them successful and build off of that.
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Curtis has been around a little bit. To be honest, I'm not interfering at all with what he's doing. He's an older guy. He knows how he wants to play. If there's something in his game he's not comfortable with, something I haven't picked up on, he can bring it to me and we can work on it. Some guys do change a little bit as they get older -- changing their style due to injury or because their body gets older. But for the most part, if they're older and still in the league, it's been working for them.
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I know myself and a few others were less than encouraged by Sigalet's laissez faire attitude towards coaching - but I take a lot of solace in hearing a goalie coach I like speaking similarly