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Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
Yet he was glued to the bench when we actually had the LEAD.
That is what really irks me about Brent Sutter, Why must he change his mindset when we have a lead!!. Nonetheless I was happy to see Brent utilize Sven heavily in the final frame as he absolutely deserved that opportunity.
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Originally Posted by kehatch
That is a great point and I agree. Its a big part of our inability to maintain a lead. The players collapse in a 4-man box in front of the next. All aggression is lost. And the players that got us the lead see their ice time go down and we take the foot off the gas.
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Not entirely true last night.
We had the lead for 3 minutes of total play time. Iginla scored with 1:33 left in the 2nd period, Sarich took a penalty with 10 seconds left, and the Sharks scored 1:22 into the third period.
If Bartschi didn't get a shift while we had the lead, it was because we were SH for it.
It was more that with the team tied in third, and missing a scoring LW (Glencross), more ice time was available for Sven in the third.