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Originally Posted by Jimdon
And indent believe that the level of play from our top players in indicative of the coaching that they are getting.
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Well some people look at it one way, some look at it another.
I can give you some examples of what I think are problems with the play that are coachable.
- the length of time players are individually holding on to the puck before moving it
- individual rushes through neutral zone into opposition traffic leading to turnovers
- D to D in the own zone until wingers are stationary at far blue line (covered in the event of a pass, and unable to beat the D to a dump in because they are standing still) and the subsequent turnovers
There are more, but each of these things related to decision making and are coachable
It is a team that appears to be playing with no plan
Backlund is not a winger. I know they want Lindholm to play C but with this roster, they need him more on wing
Mangiapane is not a top line player. Love the heart he has, and he skates hard, but at this point in his development he is a bottom 6 player. Even Ferland got returned to the bottom 6 when he was spending some time with 13/23 and cooled down
I don’t know why you wouldn’t look at the coach and be comfortable asking questions