Aki-Petteri Pulkkinen
Paul Maurice took her genius to a new level, writes Aki-Petteri Pulkkinen.
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Paul Maurice is a genius on both the exchange bench and in front of the media. AOP / USA Today Sports
Stanley Cup finals started with a fierce excitement as the Oilers overthrew the ruling champion in the final minute Leon Draisaitlin with a hit.
In the opening finals, not only who took the driver’s seat in the match series, but also a small -scale uproar born during the playoffs.
It took a week for the Florida Panthers head commander to Paul Maurice Drizzle comments after the Carolina series dawned.
When the Panthers dropped toothless Carolina Hurricanes with a 4-1 conference finals, head coach Maurice took over the stage.
Hurricanes camper was shocked Rod brind’amour In front of the exchange, not in the traditional shank.
Maurice and Brind’amour talked to each other for a long time. In the end, neither went to the handshake.
Last season’s Stanley Cup championships explained the strange situation at the press conference by the fact that the handshake should only be heard for players who are exposed to danger on the ice.
The entire event chain raised numerous questions. The biggest question was, why? Why is Maurice talking about these things right now?
In the first round of the first finals, this dawned.
Maurice wanted to draw all the attention only to himself. Not to be the center of attention, but to give its team the maximum peace to focus on the re -finals.
He is a media gaze. Nothing he does or says in front of the microphone and cameras is not to completely ignore. Probably few are the moments when he says something without any purpose.
The Oilers camp has emphasized in every interview that they now know what the final level of the finals is and how the finals should work. This is the case – at the level of the trough.
There is only one cock outside the trough and he is Paul Maurice.
Where the Edmonton people were bombed by questions Zach Hyman the situation and Connor McDavidin After the game was left in the middle of the finals, the biggest issues above the panthers were Maurice’s Jonnanjauta in the handshake.
Of course, it may be that Maurice thinks about the handshake exactly as it said, but he said his opinion at the time of the Count for the championship dream.
Nothing was asked about the Panthers’ health situation. Based on the opening final, you can conclude that the team is KLESA. At least Sam Reinhartin and Matthew Tkachukin Performing seems to be painful.
Certainly, the anesthetic spikes in the Oilers’ locker room will also wear out, but their health has been clearly more on the wallpaper.
All of this rains in the bar of the panther. The Oilers is a big favorite in the finals at the latest after the first home win, but Maurice managed to get a small competitive advantage outside the ice – even though it did not have the desired prize in the first finals.