The Coaches Room is a regular feature throughout the 2025-26 season by former NHL coaches and assistants who turn their critical gaze to the game and explain it through the lens of a teacher. In this edition, Dan Bylsma, former coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres and Seattle Kraken, and an assistant with the New York Islanders and Detroit Red Wings, discusses the importance of having a good start to the season.

One thing that's popped up in the first two weeks of the season, and it's popping up in a couple of different places, is just how important a good start is. There are 82 games, but if you go 0-3-0, there's a lot of pressure on your players.

A three-game losing streak in February is a lot different than one in October.

Half the teams in the NHL are trying to get to wh

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