The same team also went 52-24-6 and 47-22-13 under Gallant, so it's not a huge stretch that they would also succeed under Lavi. Lavi is a vibes coach, he takes the underlying structure and turns it up to 11, he doesn't really have much in the way of a deep Xs and Os system/style. We'll see where they are at 2 years from now.
that Blues team was also in the contender/pre-season Cup pick category of teams and was underperforming to a severe degree.
Yeah I've never really gotten the underselling of Lavi. You don't take three separate teams to a Cup Finals by simply being a ra-ra guy. I think his loose structure and letting players determine how to play to their own strengths is a really good approach and something we could use a lot more of right now.
Why is McCarthy considered bad? He was with Lavi for all of his best teams. I get he got a lot of the chagrin of the powerplay at the time but I think it's pretty clear now that the personnel is what kills our power play more than anything else.
Haha, I don't even really remember. I only remember thinking at some point that McCarthy was woeful/evil... but maybe that wasn't fair either, it is just something that sticks in my head and I'm too lazy to try to unpack.
It's incongruent to say he has no systems and look at his track record of success.
Thank you so much for the "not to troll" "I told you so." This adds some significant new information to our current discussion here on the board. I know that deciding whether to make such a post on an opposing team's board, right before playing them, when they are one of the worst teams in the league probably was difficult since most opposing fans of shit teams don't take kindly to gloating. But you had the courage and conviction to make this post and share your valuable insight with us anyway. Well done and thank you for your service.
Right? He's a game changer and him and Barkov are better than any center we've ever had.
