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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
Babcock lost in the finals his first NHL season and Bowman lost in the finals his first 3 NHL seasons so yes, yes they were instantly great coaches.
Anyway I think Gulutzans system is a little mean right now. You can't just go around beating teams 5-2 and 5-0. It will motivate them for the next game. Better to take your foot off the gas and cruise to a 3-2 victory. Then the other team can think they were close and didn't get the bounces and they won't try harder next time. Sad!
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Why not, the Ducks had our number for a long time it didn't matter what the score was. Taking your foot off the gas is how many teams lose by playing down to the other teams level. In the playoffs you don't hold anything back or the series will be over soon. Just because the oilers took their foot off the gas for 10 years doesn't mean this should apply to the Flames.