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@twabby hasn't it been determined that faceoff wins barely or don't correlate with moar goals? If true, likely because the faceoff guys largely do just that / don't provide much offense.
I am fine with your ace faceoff guy out late with 20 seconds left and a DZone faceoff. But it circles back to old school thinking, playing reactive vs proactive. Foot on the neck, vs foot on the brakes and basically concede we are not going to score. I believe its called #turtle
Barry loves him some Beagle and he has his benefits, but is also at the root of old school dirty hockey. The game is evolving based on rule changes, heavily. The grinders cannot clutch and grab their way to evening up the playing field with faster players. Speed and skill kills it now. If he wants to feature Beagle, he needs to mark him on an opposition C and give him a shutdown shadow role, at least when he has last change. You just cannot blindly roll 4 lines in the playoffs. Use the home last line change dammit, and have a plan to dismember the opposition. Heavily target the oppositions turnover happy pizza delivery boy. Be tactical down to the last possible advantage to exploit.
I am really hope Barry breaks away from his comfort zone of reactive coaching, depending on vets, slowly grinding away to glorious victories. You think after 20 years of playoff failures, it's time to exit the comfort zone. They say you cannot teach an old dog new tricks but I call bunk. I taught my hound dog how to sit up at age 10. Food always wins.
