He’s a veteran coach who’s expected to take this team to the playoffs and win. As much as I hate the retread coaches, there was no way the front office was going to allow a rookie coach get his footing and have bumps along the way. The window to win is now. Hopefully Laviolette is the guy to take these guys to the promise land. I don’t love the signing but I’ll wait and see how the team responds to his structure.
Not making excuses for him, but I was thinking today: how much was Lafreniere’s inability to switch wings due to GG not having enough of a system?
1 Stanley Cup 2 Stanley Cup Etc
The good thing about this hiring is that some of the players will likely waive their NTC. Perhaps that was the strategy.
1) promote selfish fucking hockey/shoot the fucking puck
2) make the power play less predictable
3) any sort of defense
4) get the boys up every game
5) use analytics in a meaningful capacity/let Laf cook
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1. Find some five-on-five consistency
2. Connect with Alexis Lafrenière
3. Give the “kids” a longer leash
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5. Tinker with the top four D
He’s a veteran coach who’s expected to take this team to the playoffs and win. As much as I hate the retread coaches, there was no way the front office was going to allow a rookie coach get his footing and have bumps along the way. The window to win is now. Hopefully Laviolette is the guy to take these guys to the promise land. I don’t love the signing but I’ll wait and see how the team responds to his structure.
Not making excuses for him, but I was thinking today: how much was Lafreniere’s inability to switch wings due to GG not having enough of a system?
1 Stanley Cup
2 Stanley Cup
Etc
The good thing about this hiring is that some of the players will likely waive their NTC. Perhaps that was the strategy.
1) promote selfish fucking hockey/shoot the fucking puck
2) make the power play less predictable
3) any sort of defense
4) get the boys up every game
5) use analytics in a meaningful capacity/let Laf cook