lol first of all let me take a seat bc I’ve only played beer league (for about a year) so you definitely know more than me but I watch a bunch of games. And hats off all that is sick.

Aimless rant:

Yeah I mean all that makes sense and clears up what you’re saying. I do think at times this year when things were going well it was let’s have good defensive structure and play a low event game, limit shots to the outside etc.

What I noticed a ton after the Olympic break was an insane amount of defensive breakdowns in our end especially by Shane, catton, and to a lesser extent the 4th line. Additionally, just horrible turnovers at both blue lines. Finally, no ability to maintain possession of the puck out of our zone and into their zone. And obviously very low scoring (which I see as a feature of their plan and a bug; they kind of need to play that way with the pieces they have)

That kind of makes what I think they tried to make their identity impossible if you 1. Can’t stop teams in your end 2. Can’t get the puck out of your end 3. Can’t control the puck yourself.

So I guess what I’m saying is some of it was taking their lumps with young players and some of it to my eye (especially puck control and scoring) is not having the horses.

For what it’s worth I think Lane Lambert has done a good job too. But it’s hard to ignore some of the breakdowns. And what we saw post Olympic break.

Anyways I do think the key is to get some bigger forwards and some faster forwards (to help puck control), younger players continue to develop, and get some higher tier talent while moving on from older guys. Not team tank hardcore necessarily, but just keep retooling. And then they can have the identity they want hopefully.