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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
I will volunteer this
Sutter has mentioned a couple of things. Very early, he said something about players coming in with special status. It was a passing comment, and I don’t recall directly the precise context and phrasing, but there was something he was thinking of.
I wondered if the reference was Tkachuk. All of the talk from Burke and Treliving about him being around the rink his whole life, about his maturity and him being future captain material - that seemed to be
The second thing was last night when Darryl said that the current group was probably more talented than the 2004 group, but the 2004 group was more mature, in terms of understanding how they had to play
Anybody expecting a bunch of kids to instantly complete the maturation within just over a week of when Darryl walks in is obviously quite optimistic. There have been more days with coaches allowing bad habits to form over the past several years.
Yesterday was a pretty predictable relapse. It will be interesting to see what shakes out against the backdrop of the next 4 against Toronto and Ottawa
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Good post.
I think if you can win 3 of next 4 games (ideally 1 against Toronto and both against Ottawa), then we’re slowly clawing our way back up.