Well, he did say Quinn dumbed things down as much as he could, so it wasn't for complexity's sake.
Yes but also every system out there purposely has holes to allow players to express their own creativity. That’s what makes the best players. We have maybe 2-3 players that have that ability in any capacity and the rest should have absolutely no ability to do anything outside the system.
I guess you can dumb down the concepts as much as you want but it doesn't mean much if the sum of the concepts don't synergize very well as a system.
I still haven't listened because I have a six hour flight coming up to Dublin on June 2 and I've been thinking that the flight will seem a lot shorter if half the length of it is taken up by one single podcast
The skipper is gonna be unhappy!I still haven't listened because I have a six hour flight coming up to Dublin on June 2 and I've been thinking that the flight will seem a lot shorter if half the length of it is taken up by one single podcast
If Smith and Macklin sign, I would lean towards signing Sturm. If they dont, I would take the 2nd.
Trade Sturm rather than take that deal - he's not actually very good on the ice and I'm not really an advocate for paying guys to be "good in the room."
He literally already has a ring. We need Sturm a lot more than we need a 4th round draft pick. I would extend him ASAP.
What does having a ring change a player's desire to compete for a Cup when the opportunity presents itself? You think Sturm after spending the past two seasons here doesn't want to go back to the playoffs? Of course he does. If we sign him back when he becomes a free agent, that's fine but foregoing an opportunity even at just a 4th round pick because of some ill-conceived perception of need for a 4C veteran is doing the team a disservice. The team will not lose out on a single thing renting Sturm at the deadline and finishing this next season w/o him for a month and a half. Give me a break.
I'm not exactly inclined to extend Sturm but I'm perfectly content with talking to him about going where he'd like to so he can compete in the playoffs again. Sturm's public showing of honesty only means so much to me. He had a bad season last year and on the ice, he's at a stage again where he's addition by subtraction.
"Just trade him at the deadline then sign him in the offseason bro" is something fans say every year yet it happens maybe once a decade.
And if it didn't happen with Sturm, nothing would be lost.
I would rather have a big smooth skating two way center who wins 60% of his draws, is the first forward over the boards on every penalty kill and is a leader on and off the ice than a 4th round pick. Especially since Sturm is still young enough at 29 with very little NHL tread on his tires (less than 300 career GP so far) that he should maintain his current level of effectiveness for at least the next 4-5 seasons.
