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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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Starting with three straight wins was creating a "everything is fixed" feel around the team and certainly on this web site.
There had to be a stumble.
I said yesterday it's hard to beat teams back to back, and when you have every set of games back to back it makes for a season with less streaks.
So now we have a setback, how do they respond?
Last night we actually saw some signs. They were pretty good in the second period looking to get back into it down 2-0. Shot attempts were 18-10, scoring chances were 12-5, that's running the period.
But the high danger was even at 3 so the high end talent disparity did them in, which it will.
The third was pretty odd as Markstrom just lost it.
I'm less concerned about what the rest of the season looks like given how that second went. If they wilted and called it a day it would be another story.
I wanted 3-1 in these four, and got it.
Now they have to go on another one ... split in Toronto, and sweep Ottawa.