DaveMatthew
Bring in Peter
The team was fairly consistent all year, March was a little all over the place and thats also when injuries were starting to pile up. They were top 10 in point percentage all season until about mid February. They really weren't very up and down. You mention the shootout as if 3on3 has some legitimacy. It doesn't, its as big of a gimmick as the shootout. Ottawa finished 12th in the final standings, 13th in regulation wins and if games ended in tie's they were T-13th. I think they were a little better than you are giving them credit for.
How did Boucher double down on his system?
12th in the standings is a low end playoff team. And how did he double down?
We signed Thompson because he knew how to play the system. We picked up Dumont early in the year because he knew how to play the system. We played our best prospect on his off side in training camp because of the system. We continue to play passively, our powerplay tries to do the same thing over and over again, and we still don't believe in running too many practices.