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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
That team wasn't lucky though. They had a below-50% 5-on-5 goal differential (just like Gulutzan's team) which was just as you would expect. They only made the playoffs based on special teams (specifically, they were super-disciplined) just as GUlutzan's team made the playoffs based on special teams (even though those special teams meant overplaying weak 5v5 players like Versteeg, Brouwer, and Engelland.
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Anyone who thinks our 14-15 season wasn't lucky is completely out to lunch.
We had the 3rd lowest CF%, 4th highest PDO, and 2nd highest shooting percentage. If that team wasn't incredibly lucky, than I don't know what luck is.
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Oh please. That's a load of B.S.
Game 1 was lost because of our third pair. Elliott might have been our best player in this hockey game. Gulutzan refused to shorten the bench.
Game 2 was lost partially because of Elliott, partially because Gulutzan refused to shorten his bench.
Game 3 was lost because of our third pair bleeding (while our top 4 might have played the best game of the season) while Gulutzan continued to refuse to shorten the bench, ultimately leading to a goal while the third pair was on the ice that broke Elliott. He could have shortened the bench given the magnitude of the game and the fact that we had one of if not the worst third pairs in the entire NHL and maybe Elliott doesn't have a breakdown.
Game 4 was lost because Gulutzan refused to bench Elliott until it was too late. And then when Johnson came in, the GWG was scored on our.. third pair.
Further to that, Gulutzan's lack of offensive adjustements were a huge part in why we didn't score 5-on-5 goals on the Ducks - you can blame Elliott all you want but you have to score at even strength, you can't just rely on a power play scoring on a bunch of callup defensemen for an injured-AF team to get you through a playoff series.
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Also, anyone who thinks Gulutzan lost us that Anaheim series last year is just making a fool of themselves. We dominated Anaheim in terms of CF% as well as scoring chances.
Elliott absolutely screwed us over and was the main reason (along with our 3rd D-pair) we lost that series. We were absolutely the better team even though history with tell us we got swept.
Oh God. I just realized both of these statements were made by the same poster