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MIAMI. Florida head coach Paul Maurice is known for its soups. This treat was available after the first final game played in Vegas.
Florida lost the match and the pilot’s body angel exuded fire and spunk – inside was seething, but Maurice flashed his good sense of humor.
At one point, Maurice even calmed down the media crowd sitting in front of him with a big hug.
– Calm down, people, Maurice said as if with tongue in cheek, but at the same time seriously, implying that the media had overreacted to one loss or to events in the rink.
It happened in Kaukalos.
Florida, which was punished the most in both the regular season and the playoffs, went into the final series with a plan to knock Vegas off its tracks. From the beginning, the idea was bad, because it is difficult to push Vegas, who is big and can dance hard when necessary, in the NHL.
Vegas turned the other cheek, won the game and laughed all the way to the bank.
In Florida, shingles and, for example, a star pier burned Matthew Tkachuk flew out of the game before the final buzzer.
But what about that, calm down people!
Florida was overflowing
Maurice could also send the wrong message to his own team after the first match. Florida’s unbelievably unruly fooling found completely new levels in the second game. Now there was no longer any excuse for playing in unnecessary ice-outs or after the whistles.
In the press conference that followed the second final, there was no more information about Maurice’s supliki and funny throws. The coach, who has experienced everything, himself knew that now it was spilling over and badly.
Florida has accumulated 130 minutes of ice time and an incredible nine conduct penalties in two matches.
Excesses
‘s hockey expert Ismo Lehkonen says Florida pays heavy tuition in a tough place.
– The coach always hopes that the team would play at the limit, but it’s like a line drawn in the water. When guys really want it, then they twist, turn and push. Let’s try to get on top of the game with prison rules. And when a person fails, he starts looking for approval from the environment and then there are excesses, Lehkonen spins.
They have indeed been seen. After two matches, Matthew Tkachuk has three behavior scores on his account.
– No one does that kind of evil. However, the coaches do not talk about the importance of experience for nothing. It’s all about how you handle certain things in the rink. There are things you have to put up with. If you go out to avenge insults, you will always lose.
– Now when we look at these Florida key players, such as Tkachuk, Anthony Duclair, Sam Reinhart and so on, so they haven’t been able to deal with the new things that have come to them.
What does coaching do?
How Florida got into this situation is confusing. Of course, the team’s identity throughout the season has included playing within the limits of the rules and even beyond them, but the total collapse of collective discipline is a huge failure for the group. Tkachuk in particular is like a youngster Nazem Kadri or Brad Marchand – he has no emotional control.
Florida’s losses are also a good reminder that in the 21st century, you can’t intimidate top teams in the NHL. Championships are won by playing.
The players, and especially the leading players of the group, are always responsible for maintaining group discipline. This also applies to the captain Alexander Barkov. The events of the second game also raise questions about the coaching management’s grip. Florida’s coaching staff can also be found Tuomo Ruutu.
– The focus turns to the coaching team and bench coaching. When you go with the feeling at the upper limit, with a sharp eye you can see when the pot starts to boil. Then I grab the shoulder and go through the situation so that we don’t come from two goals behind to win by taking a break. Or so that the top guys don’t fly to the yard through stupid behavior punishments, Lehkonen says.
– This is bench coaching and yes, it also has to keep moving forward like a train on rails. Now, Florida hasn’t even succeeded in this.
The third final will be played on Florida’s home ice in Sunrise on the night between Thursday and Friday at 03:00 Finnish time. The match can be watched on TV2 and Areena.