I love the hires. I love the things Mclellan has been saying. I think Gul is a good coach...
Im not sure changing the system to suit faster players is a good strategy with players we have. We are now a bigger team with a few faster guys. We still need to play to those qualities.
Fast players: McDavid...
Above average to average: Leon, Nuge, Rattie, Cagullia, jp, Reider, Kassian... Sometimes? Yama if he makes the team?
Below average to average: Lucic, Strome, Kharia, Brodziack. Some pretty key players imo systematically speaking.
Our back end isnt exactly a plethora of fast pucking moving types either. More a mixed bag of 2 way guys.
Guys with great size and strength: Leon, JP, Kassian, Lucic, Kharia, and Brodziack. Only a few weaker guys.
Back end has toughness as well with Nurse, Sekera, Larsson, Benning, and Russel...
I think being hard to play against and tight systems is the better appoach and failed last year due to lack of buy in/player execution/coaching/injury.
Going too extreme for speed will go against both Todd and Guls strengths as well as the teams imo. Tweaking systems and utilizing particular players slightly different is what I would suggest.