The players deserve some blame for sure and that has been a long time frustration, but Ward's situational deployment has been very questionable for most of his time as head coach. I am convinced that his rolling the lines approach results in the correct deployment as a fluke only. So I reserve the right to think he is a bad head coach and the players need to get their head out of their butts.
You don't put the Monahan line out for D-Zoe faceoffs on purpose, 4th line for O-Zone. Why are Valimaki and Mackay killing penalties together? The previously mentioned Leivo and Froese out for a critical shift with the goalie pulled?
Seems like he is trying to be the smartest guy at the bar when the obvious choice is the actual correct choice most of the time.
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This Signature line was dated so I changed it.
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