Sure when life gives you lemons, make beer.
But there is just so much parity in the league, beer doesn't always work. Bruce tried beer. He really did. He may have given up too soon, but mega offense certainly got a fair shake. A monumental build up led to a monumental collapse, without Bruce changing a thing. Ovi Nick Green Semin, they changed.
Every playoff game seems to be 3-2. O/U 5.0 or 5.5. Ostensibly, coin flip hockey, regardless of the coaches style. Bruce tried to alter his style to win those types of games, and about won as many playoff series as he did in run and gun.
Beat the Rangers run and gun, beat the Rangers hunkered, beat the Bruins huntered... Since 2007
Wheeling and Dealing 1-3
Defense and dump ins 2-2
Despite being a mega offensive team on paper we have had better playoff successes being boring. Small sample size, sure, only seven years.
I see Ted as desperate to get Ovi back to entertaining Ovi. No, just not PP one timer Ovi.
Will we all hate Gretzky if that is what he preaches?