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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
This. 100x this.
When asked what system Gulutzen used you'd get some ultra detailed responses by some but did anyone even give a passing notice that the coach simplified his system last month? Could anyone even now knowing that he did tell you the difference between then and now? The answer seems to be a eye opening no. Until Gulutzen informed us what he did no one could point out the difference I'd bet.
Don't mean to come across as condescending either by the way because this former goalie certainly couldn't go into detail about most hockey systems coaches deploy because the basic stuff. Usually I was told to stop the puck, and even that order wasn't usually listened to.
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I've never played much hockey (I did one year in a rec league in university), so I clearly have no experience or first hand knowledge. However, two things that have stood out to me are:
1. On defence Hartley seemed to preference the team to collapse toward the net and block shots, hoping the puck would never make it to the goalie to save in the first place. Gulutzan on the other hand, seems to want to keep the other team to the perimeter, forcing them to take lower quality shots and letting the goalie stop the puck.
2. On offense, Hartley really loved the stretch pass. He wanted us to score off the rush a lot. Conversely, Gulutzan likes to use a lot of shorter passes to get the puck into the neutral zone and then to carry the puck in. He seems to like quick passes even within the zone to open up quality scoring chances.
I've also heard that Gulutzan wants the team to play much more of a puck possession game than Hartley did.
These are my only observations, and I'm completely open to be entirely wrong from a coaching perspective.