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Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
I just don't agree that it's not a coaching issue.
Mackenzie Weegar led the NHL in HDCF last season.
Jonathan Huberdeau was 21st among forwards in HDCF/60 last year and ahead of Tkachuk and Gaudreau
Nazem Kadri while not as good at, was still no slouch himself.
The coach continually thumps the drum that this team has no skill and as a result has his team playing that way. He is failing miserably at integrating the off-season acquisitions and their respective skillsets into this lineup.
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Pretty easy to lead the league in HDCF when all you play is pond hockey. They sucked every team into playing run & gun including the Flames. I remember the game last year in Florida where the 2 teams were seemingly trading breakaways and 2 on 1’s all game. That’s not the type of hockey that’s played in the playoffs.
If anything, all the tight checking games we’re playing right now are probably preparing the team even more so for playoff style hockey. Maybe that’s the real problem in all of this. Huberdeau and Weegar’s career playoff scoring rates look awfully close to their current production this season.
Perhaps the 2 new Florida recruits are too one dimensional and are having a difficult time producing while playing playoff style hockey. FYI, I don’t know if this is true or not as I’ve never seen Huberdeau or Weegar in the playoffs, so this is more me throwing this out there as a possibility.