I'm very glad that Babcock getting the best players in the world to dump and chase has you believing that he is a top coach. You're a top coach when you take a team and use it to it's absolute strengths and then teach and show improvements on weaknesses. Babs handicaps our offense - our strength - in favour of defense. However, we're still terrible at defense as a team but the only thing is that we have Freddy. And was Canada trailing at any point in the tournaments? Maybe by 1 in like one game but still. Most if not all of the Canadian coaches in the NHL at the time would have won the gold.
Your attitude is certainly dismissive of the talent that the Canadians faced at that tournament. Sweden had a top four defence that would be a top 2 on any NHL team.
Were a terrible defensive team? We rank tied for 6th in the league in GA, seems like we are doing OK in that category eh?
That dump and chase has our team ranked tied for fourth in GF and this is with the leagues least PP opportunities, that is not an inconsequential fact.
4th Fourth and 6th? For perspective, last year Washington was 9th in GF and 16th in GA. Last years Leafs were 4th in GF and 12th in GA. Kinda feels like someone
is over reacting eh?
While Freddy is important to this team, he ranks 13th in GAA. Name me one elite team that does not rely on their goalie.
Maybe you need a broader perspective, try watching some other teams. Our Leafs are a great team, they have a great system, do they have some warts, sure every team but Tampa does.
Is Mike perfect, of course not, no one is. He is patient to a fault, he is loyal to a fault but that is what we need.
I know know, this team has the audacity to lose a game this year ,OMG!!!!, so that tells me it's time for all the chicken little's to start running around and blame Mike, blame Dubas, blame it on the rain but step back and take a look at the big picture, if someone told me that its my fault for having my team in 8th over all in the league with the 5th best point percentage, the 4th best offence, the 6th best defence and I did that with Austin Matthews out for a month, Andersen out for a month, Nyalnder gone all season, I'd say WTF are you bitc#ing and moaning about? I;d also say go have a beer and relax or find a friend and talk it out.