tshile
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That made my really sad Lanky. Those two years towards the end of Boudreau's stint, with the winter classic, were some amazing years with very high highs and very low lows. I remember watching Ovechkin fight... the youtube video linked in that article is just sad to watch. Boudreau's comments on how the best player was fighting were powerful - at least to me, watching from the outside.
I didn't think Boudreau was the problem, but I understood why he was fired and why a lot of fans wanted him gone. I felt like the problem was Ovechkin didn't like him, and was making it increasingly more obvious especially towards the end, and was possibly actually rallying his teammates against him.
I still feel like Ovechkin was the primary force in getting Boudraeu fired. I bet he regrets it. It's interesting to hear someone who is, apparently, knowledgeable on hockey suggest that Boudraeu's system wasn't the problem, that it was just bad luck. I had similar thoughts, and had heard friends say the same thing, but we were all bandwagon fans and just assumed we didn't know what we were talking about. That we were just fans of entertaining regular season hockey, and didn't understand playoff hockey.
**** I hate watching this team fall apart. I'm hoping my initial thoughts that they were just having a rough start, and that they're better than they look turn out to be true. But the more games that pass the harder it is to hold on to idea...
I didn't think Boudreau was the problem, but I understood why he was fired and why a lot of fans wanted him gone. I felt like the problem was Ovechkin didn't like him, and was making it increasingly more obvious especially towards the end, and was possibly actually rallying his teammates against him.
I still feel like Ovechkin was the primary force in getting Boudraeu fired. I bet he regrets it. It's interesting to hear someone who is, apparently, knowledgeable on hockey suggest that Boudraeu's system wasn't the problem, that it was just bad luck. I had similar thoughts, and had heard friends say the same thing, but we were all bandwagon fans and just assumed we didn't know what we were talking about. That we were just fans of entertaining regular season hockey, and didn't understand playoff hockey.
**** I hate watching this team fall apart. I'm hoping my initial thoughts that they were just having a rough start, and that they're better than they look turn out to be true. But the more games that pass the harder it is to hold on to idea...