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"That's our biggest problem (lack of practice time). I look at San Jose who is struggling. Same thing. I've talked to some of the other coaches... All the coaches, even the teams that are winning we talk to each other and they say we don't even know which team we are going to have tonight. The consistency comes from repetition and repetition comes from practice and video, but you can't just have video. It's a game of fractions of seconds out there so your body is going to react the way it's used to and now we don't practice. It's a very weird year and it's very difficult and we have to create our identity basically without practicing. It's that juggle between having enough energy to compete at the right level, but trying to find time to practice something here and there so you have the execution of it. I've never lived this, it's very difficult.... We have to feel every time (whether or not to have a practice) depending on the game we've played, and that's what's very difficult. To be honest nobody has a clue. All the coaches I talk to and the players, nobody has a clue what's good and what's not, so it's very difficult. We knew it (what we were up against) but what's difficult is really knowing what you need to do to get better but not being able to do it because you are choosing the lesser of the two evils in practicing or not practicing. The energy and the fresh legs... and that's why we have to little bit by little bit use that video and individual talks and make the players understand and hopefully grind it out and become more consistent at things...I'm use to "ok this is wrong, this is wrong let's get on the ice and take care of it," but I know now if I take care of it than I have no energy so whatever we took care of we'd look worse at. It's difficult but we'll find a way, we're not the only ones so that's why you see everyone in the league now very few teams are consistent. Some guys started bad and now they're good and some guys who started good are bad so that's common right now everywhere, so there's ups and downs. And periods too from one to another you're playing fine, all of a sudden "what's going on?" That's what's happening."