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Conclusions, Dr. Holmes?
When your hockey team loses its captain and strongest offensive weapon for the majority of the season, and other critical offensive components (Modano, Lehtinen, Richards, Steve Ott) for extended and often overlapping periods, you are going to struggle to score.
When your hockey team’s defense is a revolving door anchored around one or two veterans and three guys with seven years in the league between them, your team is going to struggle to protect the net.
When your hockey team doesn’t have a backup goalie and you overwork Marty Turco, and your D-corps struggles, as do the forwards, in helping him, your team is going to suffer in the goals-against category.
The result of these three factors? It doesn’t matter who your coach is; your team is going to struggle mightily, as the Stars did in ’08-’09. Chemistry is so important in hockey, and no where is that more evident than here in Dallas.
Yet Coach Dave Tippett, who did the best he could with the cards he was dealt, including the amazing ‘07-‘08 playoff run, was shown the door…
Somebody please ‘splain that to me.
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