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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Sorry for being ridiculous. But what Hartley does is look at the first few shifts and then he goes with the guys who are doing well. Watch a game or two and you will see this. That's why ice times vary so much on this team from game to game.
And exactly which left winger did you want demoted from the top two lines at that time, Glencross or Gaudreau?
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You don't know that at all.
As already pointed out, Sven barely got any 3rd period ice time even in his 2 assist game. So the following game, because he doesn't exactly make something happen in his first two shifts, he gets benched for the rest of the game?
If Granlund and Jooris were treated the same way, they'd be averaging the same minutes per game with similar offensive numbers, too.
Hell, in his third game up, the Flames directed 17 shots towards the net when Baertschi was on the ice, versus only 7 against, and he still only got 50 some seconds of ice in the 3rd period.
I was never asking for Baertschi to replace Gaudreau or Glencross, but during this same time period, there was no reason why Setoguchi was being spoon fed PP time (in many games, he actually led the team in PP TOI).