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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
It's not a swing thing.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
But for me, if it's drastic, if there's, you know, 13, 12 or 13 even strength grade A chances to four grade A chances, then the defense of the, you know, the one that led up to four grade A chances, good chance you're moving on.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
Multiply that over a series.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
So specialty teams, I think, definitely factors into it.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
I don't think it goes untouched anymore.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
Oh, dog, I think it used to be a little bit more.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
Now there's so much video on it.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
There's so much time dedicated in practice to the power play and the penalty kill.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
I actually think that the penalty kill probably gets a little bit less attention in practice because oftentimes a lot of your power play guys, like your good players, they're killing penalties as well.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
And so you only have so much time out on the ice.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
But we did in New York once in a while, we would flip it around.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
And we would say, OK, these are the power play units.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
Penalty killers are working.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
Or we would take a couple shifts at the end of it just to get rotations down or routes down on the penalty kill.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
But I think it gets so much more attention now because of that importance of it through the year to build it and then in the playoffs to have it when you need it.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
Yeah, what I'm saying, O-Dog, is in a series.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
You're talking about just an isolated series.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
You're talking about moving on, right?
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
It's all about moving on.
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Laviolette on the Maple Leafs' head coaching position, the direction of the team and the Canadiens and Sabres' series
It's all about getting out of the first round.