I didn’t mean it was bad that Miller cried. More that, all people have different personalities and it is on the coaches to try to understand and know their players. That’s just good management.
I've seen people saying the forwards collapse too much and I tend to think it's the opposite. Maybe they hang in no man's land where they're not really pressing the point or covering the net front.
My hope is that Granato's team development approach is offense first, defense later. You can teach a monkey how to play D, but getting this team's baseline offensive game is a higher priority with the young kids. They don't want to extinguish the attack-first mentality during this phase and maybe believe this is something they can address as the team matures as a group. There are definately certain 'styles' of play you see out of veteran lineups that this group is incapable of executing consistently over 60 minutes. But maybe they think focusing on this would curtail the way they want this team to play.
It can affect passing. If a player is on the board or between face off dot and icing line they see two players One near crease, other high slot. One Dman in between. Based on D Moves pass to the other.
It would make everyone summer. Send UPL to the sun or Rochester.
I'm thinking Donny is going to put in a defensive structure in the upcoming training camp.
Oh goodie. The game that is on NHLN and not ESPN+, so the subscription I pay for doesn't carry this game....
