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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
System was fine in trying to win possession metrics and yes what he asked is going to win you game but you need to take it to the next level we have the stats now and it fit the narrative like you said lots of volume but the detailed breakdown showed not very dangerous and that's how the next coach can start from.
Huberdeau said his style didn't fit him and being 2nd last in cross ice passes confirms that. Now some of that might be a player afraid to make a mistake or a coach asking the team to take the shot.
Being one of the top teams to rush the puck in is great but again that's when the great stops and quantity took over just fire away.
Hopefully top players are treated like so and given ice time and opportunity. Looks like Tkachuk plays the entire power play.
The pp was just a disaster not sure what went wrong with that.
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Valid points. It’s hard to know for sure what went wrong in the o zone. They used the same rim around the boards last year, difference last year was the D didn’t just shoot the puck. The wingers would get open low and then they’d continue their work in the o zone. This year just lacked creativity. I personally don’t believe that was all coaching. The blue liners took too many shots without traffic and it killed a lot of offence. I also think Huberdeau had a hard time adjusting to defence first, then still being creative and affective offensively.