I feel like we have forgotten that before Darryl we had coaches who were every game shuffling lines. I like how Darryl does make changes but sticks to the plan each game. His system takes some players time to adjust and I think we're seeing some players finally adjust to it.
The problem is I don't think his system works well with a goalie like Markstrom who blocks pucks instead of focusing on limiting rebounds. Last year we had enough fire power to overcome the goals that were being let in this is not the case this year. I wonder if there any statistics on goalies that track how good of job they do being able to freeze the play vs just blocking the puck.
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