^ oh yes, I absolutely believe tactics matter.
Remember Sutter before he bowed out and passed the baton to Playfair? Flames had been dumping in and retrieving in the corner, then the Ducks adjusted. Then Sutter’s adjustment was more shallow chips. Anaheim caught on and Sutter had no answer in game 7. Obviously he learned from that and was ultimately successful in his next coaching gig
Oh, also, I think that’s the first time I have seen 4check deployed as if generally accepted
I really don’t agree with this beyond the generalization.
I am not sure I agree with you. Some power plays use an umbrella formation (2 guys net front on each side and 3 up high, some use a 1-3-1, which pulls someone higher with one guy immediately net front, and some try to draw the action to the corner / half boards and get the outside guy for the one timer (Caps/Ovechkin)
The Flames have been trying to give teams different looks. First thing is morphing between on ice formation based on situation. You see elements of each of the above.
Second is personnel. I liked Gaudreau on the right side vs Winnipeg and thought he struggled on the left.
You know what? I think that view is, frankly, kind of patronizing to coaches.
I agree that if players fail of refuse to put in the effort, of course they will have much more trouble succeeding. The early rounds generally weed that crap out.
I have a lot more thoughts but will leave it here
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