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This draft is going to be two days of this and this

You mean Arvid Söderblom.

https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/JJzm3R/skellefteas-malvaktschock--soderblom-till-nhl

I mean, I think that's quite an assumption. Idk what Lambert's personal coaching style is. I'm not sure anyone does. He hasn't been a head coach since 2011. He has been a loyal Trotz soldier though if that's where the defense first meme comes from. I like Barry Trotz (a lot more than I like Blashill) but not cause he's defense first. I think that's mostly an overplayed meme from his Nashville days with Poille. If you listen to him talk about his coaching style he doesn't preach button down the hatches - he preaches playing your personnel (correctly). And he says pretty flatly that Nashville delivered him defensive heavy rosters... and therefore he played a defense heavy style. And he did that pretty well in Nashville considering their payroll. Then he goes to the Caps and wins them their first ever cup. A top heavy offensive team. What did he change? He switched Ovi to the right side and forced them to defend as a 5 man unit. Not sure Blash would have the nuts to switch up Ovi's game. He certainly couldn't even get AA or Mantha to commit to a defensive scheme. And that's where I have the biggest problem with Blash. We are hemorrhaging solid young talent and only by the grace of Yzerman's midas touch with Vrana and Fabbri have we been able to mask that. At some point you have to ask how many extremely talented players is this guy going to ruin? Larkin is on a perpetual downtrend. Cholowski failed to ever take off. I'm extremely hesitant to let this babs wannabe ever sniff Moritz Seider.