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.
Humble-Koala-5853
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?
wmm339
1 Stanley Cup 2 Stanley Cup Etc
kovyvok
The good thing about this hiring is that some of the players will likely waive their NTC. Perhaps that was the strategy.
SeeDeez
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
Total-Collection9031
I think winning should probably be up there… just my $0.02 🤷
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1. Find some five-on-five consistency
2. Connect with Alexis Lafrenière
3. Give the “kids” a longer leash
4. Unlock playoff Panarin
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
I think winning should probably be up there… just my $0.02 🤷
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