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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
So taking a penalty helps how exactly? A coach is fully capable of not taking a penalty and get the best out of his players.
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You don't have to get a bench penalty, it's about sending a message to your players that you will not take bull**** calls. Gulutzan should never have accepted what happened last night. There was no message sent to the Oilers, or the officials. No he cannot change the penalty shot. Yes he may get a penalty. But it means that he is caring to get a win, and sending a message.
Quenneville gets fined on a regular basis. He's won 3 Stanley Cups. He fights for his players, and the Blackhawks tend to get a lot of calls going their way. The Blackhawks lost this game and eventually the series, but they went on to win the next year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Tk_mIgL24
Gulutzan acted like the new kid on the block yesterday which he was. But you need to grow a spine as a head coach in the NHL, and he needs to play the part. Not pulling the goalie when down by 2 until there is less than 2 minutes left? The Oilers were hemmed in their own zone around 3 minutes left. It was perfect time to pull the goalie. There is just a lot I saw yesterday that came down to inexperience or simply bad coaching yesterday.