HamiltonNHL
Parity era hockey is just puck luck + draft luck
- Jan 4, 2012
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Winning a very weak North Division is nothing at all to be proud of.
It was weak.
We need change.
like Marner to Seattle trade change.
Winning a very weak North Division is nothing at all to be proud of.
Good luck motivating a bunch of entitled millionaires.I used to think as long as we:
1) Don't play the Bruins in the playoffs we can advance.
but that changed to
2) As long as we don't play a team with a hot goalie/possessed like Korpisalo or Price we can advance.
but the real answer is looking like:
3) we need a coach who can light a fire under our players' butts to have that sense of urgency to win.
We can add BOTH MacKinnon and McDavid this season, but if the Leaf players DONT have a coach that can get them to play with confidence and with a fire in their belly, it is all in vain. Trotz is the answer. He can get the most mileage out of mediocre players and make them play with elite swagger.
Wow this was a great analogyRolling snake eyes 5 times in a row.
"Just bad luck".
Right.
Look at the dice: each of the six sides has a 1.