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Originally Posted by Mayer
Thats the best you have? A Luongo shot? There are a lot of "if's" in that sentence. Luongo didn't play, and they didn't lose. What is your point?
As for Iginla, I didn't see anything early on that showed me he deserved a ton of ice time like a lot of you think. Maybe I'm just not putting as much stock into his game against Norway as some. He looked ok. I wouldn't have been disappointed had he played a regular shift with the top line, but I don't see that as being a difference tonight.
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So you missed the cross ice pass by Iggy that sent Crosby in on a partial break. Given the hat trick in the 1st game, his play in the 1st half of this game, I think it was poor coaching to not even let him see the ice in the final 10 minutes of the 3rd and in OT.
That wasn't my only issue with the coaching. Morrow/Richards had a great shift in the 3rd, brought a lot of hits and energy and also generated some chances. Yet they barely saw the ice and instead we kept seeing Perry and Staal and other guys who just didn't seem to be going tonight. The coaching to me wasn't as good as it could have been, but that was only 1 of many problems had on the night (another problem being they are always looking for the fancy pass/play). Lets not forget that Richards has a good scoring tough to, so if he is hitting and generating chances, why not put him out there when you have 4-5 other forwards who have done nothing with extended ice-time in this game.