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Originally Posted by dissentowner
He doubled down on his system which does not fit this roster, I heard what he said. This team should have comfortably been in a playoff spot with the roster they had to start, the talent was there. Maybe people need to stop defending a coach that is not right for the construction of this roster.
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I don't think his system will win at the NHL level. Super passive version of zone defense, and their puck management in the neutral zone is absolutley brutal. They don't protect centre ice at all and are always happy to let he other team gain the zone and simply set up their defensive structure and hope for a mistake to gain possession of the puck.
Seems like a system that worked well for Huska in junior where there is less skill. At the NHL level when you give up the zone easily and give the other team too much time they will burn you.
Then you factor in just bizarre line combinations and it was a mess of a season.
I like everything Conroy has done with he exception of his coaching hires.