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Originally Posted by AndyM
This is a massive point, and I'm glad you brought it up.
Even during the series versus Abbotsford, something was off with the Wranglers. That bled into the series versus Coachella, and very few adjustments were made besides a depth tweak on the blueline and moving Schwindt up the lineup. Zary was a no-show, minus his end-to-end goal, yet he kept getting big minutes. Jones was a non-factor after a career regular season. The playoffs were a faceplant, including that barnburner loss in Game 5. You have to wonder what the Wranglers were/are without Wolf.
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Idunno, maybe they just lost in overtime of game 7 (5) against the other best team in the AHL who are about to win the Calder Cup. That can happen.
As for the idea that this guy was coaching a stacked team or a team overly reliant on Wolf? It's BS. This was not a powerhouse of talent and wasn't perceived as a top team until Love got there. They are not a vet AHL squad like some. It doesn't have top prospects in the same way others do. It's D corp looked weak going into both seasons and went through an almost total overhaul from one to the next, relying on Solovyov, Kuznetzov and Poirier who flourished under Love to become a top level D prospect.
This is a team that went +150 over 2 years and hade the most goals in the ahl over that time period. This is not a hot goalie team, it is a dominant team and it wasn't like that until Love showed up.