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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I never bought that excuse for Hamilton. In any given season about a third of players in the NHL are learning a new system. And as was pointed out by edslunch, every player on the Flames will be learning a new system next season. Should we expect them all to play terribly for the first couple months?
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Hamilton had only played for one coach in his professional career; and that coach's system was miles away from Hartley's. In fact, most coaches' systems are miles away from Hartley's.
I think it's a safe bet that Gulutzan will be employing a more conventional defensive system than Hartley did, which means that none of the players will have to learn anything radically new – unlike Hamilton last year.