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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
People may hate Hartley's line blender, but I think line blenders are what allow teams to win games at the very end of series. I see it with Quenneville all the time, and we saw Hartley go full line blender last year in game 6 when we were down 2-0 and then 3-0. Perhaps Boudreau waits too long to shuffle his lines in game 6 / 7 scenarios? Or perhaps he fails to effectively cut the ice time of depth players?
I'd be interested to see what he does different from a guy like Sutter or Quenneville in terms of player usage in elimination games.
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I can't remember who said it on the panel last game, but they said Boudreau was constantly trying to "get Getzlaf away from Toews" in the playoffs last season, and Quenneville was messing with his head.
Hell, Boudreau even seemed worried after beating the Flames 4-1, and said the series was a lot closer than it may have appeared.