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Originally Posted by JerryUnderscore
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.
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This right here is very similar to Sutter style hockey. It's not about quanitity of shots, but quality. Combined with having defense responsible for clearing the rebound gives the goalie more freedom and peace of mind to make the athletic/acrobatic saves. Gulutzan has also mentioned that he learned a lot from Sutter so it would make sense for him to adopt a piece of his strategy.