Well. Tough blow for the resident Letang defender today. Hahaha. YIKES. I do think this was a weak Canada roster. Worst group of Fs I've seen them have in a long while. The supposed stars of the team did not look like them all tournament outside Celebrini.
But Czechia wasn't any good either & they played a nail biter vs Germany. Those are unacceptable for Canada at any hockey tournament.
To me it's become more clear he's a good defensive minded coach. When that doesn't work or gets pushed he has struggled to adapt. London plays a strong defense = we have ZERO adjustments/tweaks/fixes to generate offense
Canada couldn't score a ton? No adjustments/tweaks/fixes to get more goals. That's a pattern unfortunately.
To me he has a John Tortorella type view on coaching. It shows with who he plays/doesn't. He loves playing Way or in this case Minten. 2 "big, strong, hard on the puck" guys. Over guys like Vilmanis, Rehkopf etc who are game breakers who are any moment can score an insane goal.
Shows by naming Both captain lmao. Both on the PP although they don't deserve it or have the skills for it.
Do I think he's a bad coach? No. But clearly has some deficiencies I didn't see till last year's playoffs. Hopefully this can be a major wake up call for him. Biggest stage got embarrassed truthfully.
As Ferda said tho, they must not have done their research. Put a Sarnia Sting member in charge & look what happens. Can't make it up