Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe is preparing for the unknown. And he’s preparing for it to be really difficult. (Via reporterchris)
Maurice and his coaching staff are honing in on a similar theme while preparing for Winnipeg’s return amid the coronavirus pandemic. He recalled an observation from Rod Brind’Amour, one of his former players, that the Stanley Cup final can end quickly because one team gets broken as soon as it falls behind. The grind simply becomes too much.
“That’s an area that we’ve kind of identified, is ‘How do you build that [emotional] well? How do you build the investment in this that as soon as you get to that threshold of it being too hard that you can push through that threshold? How do you mentally train your team?”’ said Maurice. “Adversity is coming to every team’s doorstep and how they handle that extra challenge in the environment that we’re in is critical.
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