That must be why Carolina is doing pretty good in their possession stats..they are oozing with talent.
Those same posters gave credit to Therrien in the first season where we played a more aggressive forecheck and had better possession stats too. But hey, it must have been the Bouillon, Prust and Armstrong that were the reasons...
The team is playing differently. There is no question about it. You are flat out admitting there is a difference in our play when you say that puck possession is a by product of the roster and that we have an improved roster this year, which permits us to play that style. In other words, we are playing differently thanks to our roster.
And yet, you go back to ''no we're playing the same''. It makes no sense whatsoever and is completely contradictory.
I put it in real simple words for you. System A played poorly=/=System A.
So no matter what you say, it points to us playing differently. It's quite simple to understand.