Beverly Hills Cop with Eddy Murphy featured a song by Glenn Frey, "The Heat is On" in 1984, and it must be ringing in Leafs head coach Ron Wilson’s head over and over.
All of Leafs Nation are looking to Wilson to lead this young team to a season that can be considered a success which would be least challenging for a playoff berth and getting out of the basement of the NHL in my estimation.
Is Wilson’s system more suited for hockey matching the era of the movie than the modern NHL?
Granted Wilson has had success in the past with "his" system, but as the game changes has his coaching style changed with it?
Wilson’s penalty killing units were one of the best in the western conference while with the San Jose Sharks, but the Leafs have been in the bottom five, yet showed improvement near the end of last season.
Now that general manager Brian Burke has given him a solid defense core and sturdy goalies between the pipes who will have a full training camp and preseason together will we see continued improvement?
Last season after sniper Phil Kessel was added to the line up he became the featured trigg ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - NHL
Article written by Louis Pisano
Toronto Maple Leafs Head Coach Ron Wilson: The Heat is On!
September 22nd, 2010 by Louis Pisano Leave a reply »
Advertisement