txpd
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I dunno. I mean I can believe that. But I can also believe that he lets Forsythe have control of the PP. It could be that Lavi doesn't want to fire assistants midway through the season, I don't think many coaches would do that. And he had no reason to fire Forsythe this past off season coz the PP was good last year.
Come on now. Teams dont keep coaches in their final season of a contract very often. This is Laviolette's season to get it done. He gets an extension with a good job. So, his coaching/management move is to give some assistant coach control over his future? That makes no sense at all. If he doesn't want to fire him, then he is going to micromanage him and fire him after the season. There is no way that he lets the guy just drive the team into the ditch deeper because. If he is, then he deserves getting canned himself. Which brings us back to that its Laviolette's job.
Who do you think decides who plays? Who do you think sets the lines and the penalty kill groups and the power play groups? Do you think Laviolette put Snively with Kuzy or was that someone else? Do you think Lavy scratched McMichael or was that someone else? Who do you think decided to replace Ovechkin with Carlson??