Nope, the problem is our fan base is bipolar. I based my OP mainly on system execution and team play (since Weber has gotten back), I'm not really looking at wins and losses. We're playing amazingly well at ES, the team is playing like a fine-tuned machine.
We're playing smart/efficient hockey. Guys are where they have to be on the ice, you can tell because they play with a rhythm on most nights. When they're on their game plays happen quickly, they don't stop and think about what they need to do on breakouts/transitions (that's the main reason why the team looks fast this year).. which is how you want it to be.
Don't put too much stock into short streaks (good or bad), even when we lose the team looks good most of the time. Be fair and evaluate them on how they're playing. Of course I'm not saying they play great every night, if they did we'd be Tampa. In general, there's more positives than negatives.
The PP looks abysmal tho, that's where creativity kicks in. The team plays well at ES because it allows them to play their structured game, like i said they don't really need to stop and think about what plays to make. You can't do that on the PP. You have to take your most creative players with good puck skills and let them play so they get used to each other. So that's Drouin/Domi/Tatar/Kotkaniemi, you can swap someone with Gallagher in order to have a good net front presence.
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