Post-Game Talk: Game # 34 Rangers @ Capitals - 12pm - NBC

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I mean, if the team played Quinn’s system under Knoblauch (like KK kept saying) why aren’t they playing that way today?
 
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I think Laf and Kakko are the biggest indictment of how we coach offense.

Both of these kids are clearly talented and Kakko has played great. He's always in position to make something happen.

But nothing ever does happen because you clearly have two kids who have idea how to attack a defense that they can't just skate through like it's a video game.

And what are we teaching them? As much as Kakko has improved every other aspect of his game, his production has gone backwards.
I feel like the coach has an excessively meritocratic approach. He plays the best the most, as he would in college, but you can’t coach a ten-year veteran in the NHL the same way you coach a rookie. You need to sit down with your rookies separately, review footage, go through techniques, design personal training regimens. I don’t think that happens under Quinn. I could be wrong, of course, but it’s what the on-ice product suggests.
 
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The 4:00 Lafreniere has played may be too much rather than too little. He's been awful and can probably use some time off. But we should just force feed him minutes because minutes means development or something?

How did we get to this point in just over 30 games that he's not fit for 4 minutes?
 
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I don’t care if Quinn finishes the season but management absolutely has to make a move on that front. Going through another season of this would be detrimental to the kids.
 
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I feel like the coach has an excessively meritocratic approach. He plays the best the most, as he would in college, but you can’t coach a ten-year veteran in the NHL the same way you coach a rookie. You need to sit down with your rookies separately, review footage, go through techniques, design personal training regimens. I don’t think that happens under Quinn. I could be wrong, of course, but it’s what the on-ice product suggests.
I'm no coach but the first thing I would tell Lafreniere is "dude, just stop passing."

He needs to shoot more and he needs to carry more. He does nothing but make useless passes for the sake of making a pass. Because he feels like he has to? I don't know what's going through his head but the coach needs to be on it.

It's gotten worse, not better. So has Miller.
 

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