I don't understand all the Gulutzen hate. The guy has to deal with a lot of young players who will make mistakes and who aren't in the primes of their careers yet. After the disastrous first month of last season, he had this team playing like one of the best teams in the league. They were 3rd best in wins behind only Anaheim and Washington, they were 6th in both the PK and PP, 7th in shots allowed and they were a top 5 team in goals allowed which is remarkable considering the porous goaltending we received from Brian Elliott who by the way is sporting a horrid 3.33 GAA and .876 sv% with his new team.
If the team can replicate what they did last year after the first month with Mike Smith in net this time around and better discipline, we could be one of the best teams in the league. I liked Bob Hartley too, but Gulutzen has sold me on his direction and from the looks of it, it sounds like he's pretty underappreciated around here.
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