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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Did you really think Kulak was the goat of the night due to his -4?
Here is goal #1:
Got burned a bit trying to keep the play alive but I doubt he recognized grabner is one of the single fastest players in the league and that still shouldn't have been a goal. Hamilton also took away the pass to make the 3-on-1 into a 1-on-1. I would put that one on Elliott.
Here is goal#2:
Engelland, with time to spare, makes an absolutely brutal play. Kulak is stuck defending what is essentially a two-on-one. I'm sure when he is 26, 27 he might dive sideways to break that play up but honestly, I wouldn't fault any defenseman in Kulak's situation on this goal.
Here is goal #3.
In retrospect you want him to pick Vesey up sooner, tighter and lift his stick. But McDonagh flat out rifles that pass using Hamilton as a screen. I would say that was great offense first of all, and IMO the "goat" on that play is probably Hamilton for letting McDonagh get that extra step. Maybe Kulak could have stopped the puck from going right through him like that, but I probably would have gotten just as stunned by that sequence too.
Here is goal #4
I dunno, YMMV. I don't think there's a moment in that sequence where Kulak should have done anything differently.
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I broke down Butler's -7 one night that some people remember.
Well, they remember the night and the stat but most people had the number fit their narrative so ignored the actual facts of how it went down