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Originally Posted by bsl
Maybe your vaunted systems don't mean *****. Ever think of that? Hockey is played on the ice. If I'm a better player, a faster player, a tougher player, I beat you. It's not rocket science.
Systems shmystems. We wouldn't even be talking about this if Habs had a few more really good hockey players. Who cares about the coach?
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I totally get what you're saying but at the NHL level things are different. They're all, on-average, good enough athletes in some way, shape or form; it's the mental, tactical side of things where it gets interesting. Just having proper on-ice vision separates an NHLer from the rest; coaching has a lot to do with it in the same regard.
System is probably a bit of a misnomer but coaching and motivating are huge in a league full of parity.
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Originally Posted by BaseballCoach
Well, Washington has always had a few really good hockey players, but with clowns coaching them, they have not really succeeded, have they?
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Great point. Though their D has never been good and Jeff Schultz is a joke.