"Today we pushed them really hard, with a nice day off tomorrow," Hynes said. "We talked about it as a group, I think they players have done a really good job. Every time we've come here the players have worked really hard."
One other focus of Tuesday's practice was to try to cut down on penalties. There have just been too many, Hynes has said, and it's not always easy to work on that in practice. But Hynes has his plan. At one point, he could be heard advising his team that if they hook, trip or slash one another during the drills, they'll have to lap the rink as punishment.
"We had a couple out there today with some trips and hooks in those drills," Hynes said. "We're trying to simulate as much as you can in practice. We're certainly all aware of it. When see something in practice … we either stop drills or they have to do it again. Seems like it's going in the right direction, but we've got to get into games."
During line rushes, Brian Boyle was rotating on the second line at center along with Adam Henrique. Marcus Johansson and Jesper Bratt were on their wings. Boyle is progressing well, but without having had a training camp will need some extra time before he can get into any game action.
"Brian was a little bit better today," said Hynes when asked about Boyle's progress and getting into a game. "He's now had three days where he'd been able to be on the ice and practice. He is definitely more engaged, just asking questions about certain things. Being in battles and playing. Today looked like a hard practice for him but these are the things he needs to get back in so it's encouraging."