A bunch of teams did an awful job trying to imitate the Florida Panthers’ style and meanwhile a major Florida Panthers architect comes out and says that style is overrated.

@AdamZHerman Didn’t hear him say it was overrated. He said it’s not the only way. Also, which bunch of teams tried to imitate Florida and did an awful job?

@mrdoft @AdamZHerman The leafs, unfortunately. Carolina does it well on one end, but not dynamic enough to turn it into enough offense like Florida does off turnovers

@Zj_6 @AdamZHerman Agree to disagree on the Leafs. Their adds to replace Mitch didn’t seem like FLA type players to me. The Canes have been close and while Ehlers doesn’t seem like a FLA type to me, Canes adding him was the right move as they needed more scoring. Miller not physical enough for FLA

@mrdoft @AdamZHerman I’m talking about the system each team uses. They all play the same man to man d zone coverage. And, all 3 are dump and chase heavy to get on the forecheck. Tkachuk has confirmed as much publicly. Contrast that with the avalanche who are intent on carrying the puck into OZ

@Zj_6 @AdamZHerman Ah ok. Personnel seems shaky for the Leafs, but if that’s the system they use then yeah, just not good enough

@mrdoft @AdamZHerman Bang on. Imagine Simon Benoit chasing Brand Hagel to the blue line and back all game. Miserable year it was 🤣