Was vs Pit Phi vs Buf Western Conf. Because the sweep precluded a Game 5 back in Dallas, it means the National Hockey League has seen the last of Reunion Arena with its appalling ice surface. We've had a wonderful run, but it's over. This is not only Hitchcock's view. We've got to start back at the bottom and build our way up.
Bad coaches devise a plan and try to make their players conform.
Given bad ice and a relatively slow team, Hitchcock developed a style that made the most of his team's abilities. But that pass wasn't always available and when that was the case, the Blues simply banged the puck into the neutral zone and chased it. Hitchcock knows how his team was beaten and as one of the great students of the game, he can be expected to act accordingly. The so-called Grumpy Old Men will probably be gone. Therefore, it's goodbye to John MacLean and Kirk Muller.