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Originally Posted by Bingo
Same coach had them in 2018-19 and 2019-20 to start the year and the numbers were completely opposite.
2018-19 was a everything goes right year, which is pretty hard to duplicate (Peters couldn't).
2019-20 was the opposite.
I suspected some regression to the middle and I think we've seen that to some degree, but a different coach could certainly be a wrinkle.
I honestly think when you see debates like the big one these days (bad coach bad players) more often than not both are right and it's both.
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If the regression trends towards the middle, I imagine that's the case for most teams in the league unless they have a Ovechkin or Kucherov who single-handedly drives percentages the way those players do especially on the powerplay. If that's your definition of "horses" maybe we don't have the horses. But I'm not convinced a team needs that calibre of "horse" to have consistent regular or postseason success.
I would say this team has the "horses" to consistently be in the upper half of leaguewide scoring.
Sure, there's room for variance, but the variance we've seen here tends to directly correlate to the style of play. And I'm not sure we played the same style pre and post-ASB in 2019, either. I believe there was a system change implemented to get the then-high GAA down.