The Dew’s look recharged since Hynes took over. Both of them are all over on the forecheck and getting chances too. Hartman finding a role on that line too and together they’re winning their matchup every game.
Boldy has been a monster under Hynes, fun to watch. Generating chances of his own and gave Kirill a couple grade A’s.
Great examples of the fact that the coach does, in fact, matter.
We saw before what happened when Boldy was in a slump and Eveson told him to get back on the horse and start producing. Suddenly he’s totally off his game, trying way too hard, taking stupid penalties, making stupid passes, etc, etc.
Boldy does not respond to the tough guy act. We saw it last year, but as I’ve said before, Eveson was a one trick pony. Players not playing well? Solution is always the same. Call ’em out and kick ’em in the @ss.
Boldy is clearly sensitive about his performance and the more a coach tells him to try harder, the worse he gets. And the worse he gets, the more he tries harder.
It can’t be any more obvious that Hynes recognizes this and had a totally different approach that Boldy responds to a lot better.
