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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Here is a list of players who are still with the team from Hartley's time:
Mark Giordano
Mikael Backlund
Johnny Gaudreau
Sean Monahan
Sam Bennett
That's it. That's literally it unless you want to include one game where Hartley coached Kylington against the Wild.
So do you believe it's Gio or Backlund who won't commit to a system?
Or let's assume it's the other three. Well they were all out there as a line today, meaning that the rest of the game they were not out there, and none of the other lines were executing successful breakouts and zone entries either.
Even Brodie is gone, replaced by Tanev.
We've had an almost complete roster overhaul, and I don't thinking changing three more players suddenly makes 18 other guys start making 5 foot passes.
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I have no idea who will or won’t commit, but it could well be Gio and Backlund, especially the latter, who seems to play his own game most of the time. I know Johnny seems to refuse to change how he enters, probably for a few different reasons. As I keep saying, I don’t know how intentional it is.
Hartley I don’t think was fired because the players refused his system anyway. They just hated him. And Treliving didn’t want him.
What I do think is that if there’s an identifiable player who is an issue, you change the coach, because he’s failed but those players better also have a short leash.
But you think changing coaches makes those passes connect?