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Originally Posted by Hells Bells
The fact that he's starting MacDonald again vs. the Habs is a terrible coaching decision IMO. What happened to win and you're win? I guess losses are fine as long as your name isn't Ramo.
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Personally I feel both Ramo and MacDonald have been average/mediocre in the games they have played so I don't really care that Hartley is going with MacDonald although there doesn't seem to be a clear reason or pattern to support MacDonald getting three straight starts despite losing his last game.
I will say though that Hartley seems to be one of those coaches that always likes to have a player or two in his doghouse. From his comments about Ramo after the first start it was pretty evident he wasn't happy despite the fact that MacDonald hasn't been much better but it's pretty clear we won't see Ramo again until MacDonald really stinks things up. We saw Blair Jones get banished last season for still unknown reasons. He didn't seem keen to play Sven at all until after the trade deadline. It's pretty obvious he's not a Horak fan as he went from being a regular under Brent to permanent AHL under Hartley. I just want to see players get a fair chance and Hartley seems to me like one of those guys that gets overly personal in some of his decisions.