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The room is sick, I agree with Warrener. And maybe the style Ward coaches doesn’t work. It isn’t dump and chase though - I don’t know why people keep saying that. In fact, I think they’d be more successful if they did that. It’s “attempt to skate into the zone, get funnelled, and then give it up. Or attempt to skate it in and get your pass blocked at the blue line.

IMO I have to disagree that the roster is not built skill and creativity. Gaudreau is a skilled puck handler, a pretty good area passer. Aside from that, nah. Monahan is a guy who has good instincts, shoots well and goes into hard areas. Lucic is the same, with a better board game and a worse shot. Mangiapane and Dube are guys with a medium amount of skill who skate hard. Lindholm is a good 200 foot guy who can shoot. Backlund is the same, with more D and less O. Tkachuk - well on his game he’s a creative guy in tight and is good at protecting the puck (not this year).