you're not wrong... they had me convinced they would somehow squeeze inn the way they played after the all star break...obviously it was not sustainable for the rest of the season but it at least showed what the team is capable of...
This team over the years has been through enough coaches. I keep asking who is better suited ? and why fire a coach who the players like, so far under his reign there has been no internal or external drama in regards to the players and the team has been improving year to year....
if a coach insists on playing a defensive style of hockey the goalie in most likely-hood will benefit from it...I feel the goalie is in more of a position to make the coach look less or more capable...the head coach can mess with the goalies confidence but they don't have that much impact on how the goalie actually preforms in the net....its a very technical position, reason why goalies have their own coaches...you say a coach can make a goalie look better, I say a goalie can make the whole team better just like it can make it worse...its the position that has the greatest ability to impact the outcome of a game in general terms as it acts as the last line of defense and on the ice the whole game.
