Health Updates
- Garland had a maintenance day; little banged up
- Juulsen skated pretty well; game time decision
- Joshua had a full practice and skated well
- Lot of game time decisions on the team
- Sherwood won’t travel but might meet them on the trip
Game Plan
- Have been preaching that they need to get to the interior
- Joshua and Sherwood are two guys who will get to the interior of the ice
St. Louis Blues
- Really good rush team; have to make sure they stick to the game plan
- Mentions this is a four point game
- Doesn’t care who they play; just need to string some wins together; it’s time
Elias Pettersson, Forward
- Worked on his skating and getting inside before practice
- Focusing on having someone on your back but still getting the puck and making a play off that
- Deferring too much
- Will have to spend every day on this and string some practices together; can even do it during the morning skate
Confidence
- Held their own against one of the top teams in the league
- Like that they hung in there against a big team
Suter & Blueger on the PK
- Chemistry-wise, have done a really nice job as the first guys on the PK
- Both have hockey IQ; need a smart brain to play on the PK
- Need to understand what shot do you want your goalie to have
- Have liked that they are more aggressive up the ice
Lankinen
- Has been dealing with a stomach virus
- Gutted out a win and will see how he is tomorrow
- Wasn’t at his full but is sure Demko doesn’t play at 100% either
Elias Pettersson, Defensive Extraordinaire
- Will talk to Allvin again
- Felt he needed to get into a regular pair for practice and get reps
- Hard to evaluate a guy after one game and then not play him again
- Likes what he brings; not sure if he’ll play tomorrow; mentions “roster stuff”
- Definitely a guy that is a stuff, is big, wants to hit, wants to box out, and wants to learn
Tired Players
- This team needs touches, need work
- Felt more comfortable giving the team a day off then playing and will have to switch up his philosophy
- Being mentally tired is not a good thing
- When you think too much and let the distractions get to you, it affects your legs
- Will not have a game day skate tomorrow and will have plenty of rest
Today’s Practice
- Coaches always want pace but every once in a while are going to slow it down and teach
- Video is great but sometimes need to feel it; thinks they have to do that more; need to explain to guys why they are doing these things
- For some reason, they gravitate to the boards a lot and instead of the middle of the ice
- Will get a lot of reps