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Originally Posted by Five-hole
Giordano was pretty good Monday outside of one or two bad decisions with the puck (that came with no consequences). Not sure how Hartley can be blamed or praised for the play of Kipprusoff.
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I agree with Giordano and maybe its an issue of a late start to the season.
I guess, he doesn't directly affect Kipper but the PK has been horrible and that to an extent is Hartley's fault. If the guys in front of Kipper are not playing well in key situations and he lets in a goal, it may mentally diminish his confidence in the team and he might not try as hard.
That is pure speculation and maybe even crazy but it seemed like everything that went wrong was put on Sutter's shoulders (I don't really like him either) so I thought why not the same with Hartley.