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Originally Posted by mogg
I don’t think we talk enough about the team having to learn a new system; gotta think that’s part of why they looked so out of synch earlier in the season. It also seems Yegor needed some time to adjust to his new environment, first time being traded and all.
Also I think the ‘benching’ has more to do with shortening the bench in a tight game and using the guys that are going. Last night it was the kids who sat. The flipside is if you are going you’ll be trusted to close out a tight game, even if you’re a rookie with just a handful of NHL games under your belt.
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We talk too much about systems.
This isn’t football.
You try to keep the puck to the outside in the defensive zone and funnel it to the middle in the offensive one. You try to slow them down in the neutral zone, and make it difficult to gain the offensive blue line.
That’s it.
The amount of risk/reward play may vary, and who brings the puck up the ice can fluctuate, but it doesn’t take half a year. If it did, mid-season coaching changes wouldn’t frequently work.
“Learning the system” is generally code for the coach not being able to figure out more fundamental issues.
Look no further than the Glen Gulutzan years, when they were still talking about the system in March.
They’re a collection of solid players with few if any elite talents, and not enough speed (especially among their top dogs).
Only one way to fix that.