His “system” is “get the puck and move it forward.” (In a nutshell.)
…but I didn’t say anything about him not having a system. Just that he has a deep, veteran roster that doesn’t need a lot of hands on coaching. There are different approaches for different rosters… like imagine thinking you have to teach Aleksander Barkov how to play hockey lol. It’s more like, “I don’t want the puck in our zone. Get the puck and move it up the ice. If you want to carry it or pass it or even just dump it… you know what you’re doing. I’ll leave that up to you.”
He’s literally talked about how his players pretty much just coach themselves. I mean, obviously he’s being a bit coy, but he’s also not wrong. It’s funny cause I got roasted here pretty hard last week for suggesting that the Flames’ coaching staff might not be the best fit for a player like Parekh, and then literally the next day Rhett Warrener is on youtube saying exactly the same thing lol. I know, I know, the same people who always say I don’t know what I’m talking about also say the same about Rhett… but I tend to think a guy with over 700 games in the show knows a bit more about what goes on in NHL rooms than they do.
|