I don’t know, Laviolette has some of Oates’ stubbornness. It’s just that he has more good ideas than Oates did; that Oates team, their 5x5 is what our PP is right now. Reirden was just generally clueless.
Sprong should be in the lineup every night right now as should McMichael. He needs to trust his skill guys more and live with their mistakes to reap the benefits of their upside. He did it with Kuznetsov and look at him this year.
Leason has impressed but they don’t need him, Hathaway, and Hagelin as 3 of their 4 bottom 6 wings. HDH is a good 4th line as well but they should be getting the least amount of 5v5 TOI out of the forwards.
Those are my only issues with Laviolette. I generally like the way they play at 5v5. I don’t think that’s an issue. Finishing has been lately but that’s not going to last.
Power play is a whole other issue and I’m not sure who exactly deserves the blame for that, but that’s obviously an issue too.