BiPolar Caps
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Imagine that, a team loses at home to a team it should beat. Blues defeat the Wild 2-1 in Minneapolis. #### happens!
The 700 wins track record? "if he's coasting, motivate him". Is that with a light switch? So simple right? LOL....Same with "they allowed the team to coast". So simple from your KB right? There's no changing the chemistry of the team at this point. I think this again comes back to you wanting him with 92, but you don't want to be accused of spamming it again.
Superstar egos are not always so easily manipulated as the list of former NHL coaches will show you. I think more of this is on the player to carry his weight and stop playing poorly. We've seen signs of life recently and it all seems like a simple uptick in effort. Both encouraging and disheartening given we'd all like a more consistent work ethic right? The coach blame is a little convenient sometimes for my tastes.
Barry likes to first set pairs as foundations for setting lines.
I think it's more about identifying which aspects of a line are working and which need tweaking. For example, this year Ovi hasn't obviously been 'paired' with anyone - he's been tried multiple times with both Backstrom and Kuzy, and his wingers have included Mojo, Oshie, Williams, Bura, Connolly, Wilson...
On the other hand, Mojo-Backstrom was one of the most consistent pairings for quite a while, and since he switched Mojo and Ovi the second line has been pretty consistent with Williams.