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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Teams can win with all sorts of systems. The 2017 Senators made it to game 7 of the ECF playing a system that's a polar opposite of the 2013 Kings who made it to game 7 of the WCF.
Darryl doesn't want to completely overhaul the system because that transition period in itself could cost us a playoff spot.
That doesn't mean the system they'll ultimately be playing is the one he'd prefer for them to play.
It's simply what he has to work with, and he needs quick buy-in.
I've always thought of systems as players being "on a string". If X goes to A, Y knows to go to B, and Z knows to go to C. That takes time. It's about where to be ready, where to expect others to be, all that.
But basic principles?
Sutter has time to at least get this team playing a tighter checking game, and I do expect that, even within the limitations of Ward's systems.
I am 100% confident that come training camp next season, the systems will be revamped however.
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Your first point I agree with 100%. All sorts of systems can win, which also leads me to wonder why so many people in CP question systems so damn much. If so many systems can win, how does anyone know which systems are wrong and which ones are right? There aren’t 31 different systems in the NHL now, there’s probably only a handful that most teams use and whoever executes it the best generally has the best chance of winning.