Kevin27NYI
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Thought this was interesting look, would say the Isles peak under Snow was the 14-15 season.
The collective of that team was Snow at the helm, Cap as the coach, Weight in the coaching/management fold.
Players were led by Tavares, Okposo, Nielsen and Hamonic as the core group. Flanked by Boychuk, Leddy, Bailey, Lee, Strome and Nelson.
Going forward it looks like some guys will stick around but this is a great opportunity to start that new wave. Trotz and Lou can identify the new core quick. Bailey is signed on, he gets to be a part of it IMO. Keys get handed to Barzal.. Beau and Pulock are also going to be relied on. I hope Eberle and Lee stick to move in the new crowd.
JT and Okposo never had that, they didn't have the proper guys to help them adjust and I think that's where Lou will be better than Snow. Whalstorm, Dobson, Bellows etc will have an easier time coming in.
I also think Lou needs to be better at adding the right talent at the right time. 2 years and we should have a clear picture of where this new core is and opens a real window of contention. Something we never really had with the Judas/Snow era and should have in the Lou/Barzal era.
The collective of that team was Snow at the helm, Cap as the coach, Weight in the coaching/management fold.
Players were led by Tavares, Okposo, Nielsen and Hamonic as the core group. Flanked by Boychuk, Leddy, Bailey, Lee, Strome and Nelson.
Going forward it looks like some guys will stick around but this is a great opportunity to start that new wave. Trotz and Lou can identify the new core quick. Bailey is signed on, he gets to be a part of it IMO. Keys get handed to Barzal.. Beau and Pulock are also going to be relied on. I hope Eberle and Lee stick to move in the new crowd.
JT and Okposo never had that, they didn't have the proper guys to help them adjust and I think that's where Lou will be better than Snow. Whalstorm, Dobson, Bellows etc will have an easier time coming in.
I also think Lou needs to be better at adding the right talent at the right time. 2 years and we should have a clear picture of where this new core is and opens a real window of contention. Something we never really had with the Judas/Snow era and should have in the Lou/Barzal era.