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Originally Posted by GioforPM
He could try those things all right. But of course, that ignores that Monahan and Gaudreau got off to a hot start, and so did Tkachuk and Lindholm, and ignores the success of Backlund’s current line mates. But you are wrong about what he wants Gaudreau to do, as evidenced by the fact Johnny constantly carries the puck into the zone (and then loses it).
The issue here is that everyone is so invested in these players, and therefore they have to invent a universe where, if only the coach would use some imaginary “system” which isn’t being coached now, they would suddenly have different results than the past 6 years.
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Actually, the issue is we have a head coach, who is actually a PP specialist that fell ass backwards into a head coaching role. Boston and New Jersey didn't seem to broken up about Ward leaving their teams, that should tell you something.
There are tangible examples in this thread of terrible coaching decisions made by Ward, but you chose to ignore them and fall back on the fact 3 bargain bin coaches have flopped with this core.
You get what you pay for, and Ward is very cheap.