Lonny Bohonos
Registered User
Coaching change needs to happen, 100% no question. But second thing is this team needs to sort out its Jekyll & Hyde identity. What type of team are we? Are we a puck possession and cycle based team built around the Sedins? Are we a fast and gritty forecheck team built around Kesler? Are we a defensively stifling, sit back and counter team built around hyper-structured systems? Problem I find is this team doesn't know what its identity is and so lurches from one style of play to another and players are brought in that don't really complement one style or another. Perhaps this will be addressed by the new coach - I certainly hope it will be - and then the coach and Gillis need to get on the same page 100%. No more Keith Ballard situations - "Hey AV here's a top for Dman for you." "No thanks MG, I don't like him". Pick a direction and then systematically work towards it. No more dysfunction ...
Darren Pang was talking about this and it seems Bob Mac also mentioned the team appears like a mish mash of players.
MG seems more intent on scoring advanced stats steals than building a team that fits together.