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Originally Posted by Red
Playing fast on this team is absolutely about physical abilities.
These guys practiced like it was a leisure charity skate so they got themselves out of shape. Since Peters left, the team got progressively slower which is a testament to Ward's attention to that aspect. The fastest skater at his practices was the guy rushing to change the music at the rink.
Sutter will change that. The players will get their legs going for once. He is all business.
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There’s a lot of confusion with Bill Peters around here. His team struck gold back in 2018-19 but was easily figured out in the playoffs and then started the 19-20 season 12-12-4. Geoff Ward helped save the 2019-20 and then lead his team to an equally bad start of 11-11-2 this season. It’s actually kind of interesting how both starts of this season and last season mirror each other. Both teams had trouble scoring too.
If we can rely on this team/core to do anything, it’s to lose in the first round or get the next coach fired. Those are the patterns that I’ve seen.