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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Last night was more of the same problem that has plagued this team under Gulutzan: We're too easy to beat. People looking for a meaningless moral victory will point to our Corsi domination, but that lacks any value when you look at how this team repeatedly gave Vancouver easy goals via stupid play. I guess that was something of a departure from our usual stupid and uninspired play that has told the story of most of the rest of our losses this year.
Like we always do under Gulutzan, we started the game chasing the opponent. And like we so often do, we ended it with a whimper. Everybody knew the game was over the second we gifted Vancouver those two third period goals. The middle part would have been alright if not for the fact that Brodie especially turned into a gibbering idiot at the worst possible time.
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I notice a stark contrast between Harltley and Gulutzan in that when the Flames were down in 3rd period he would shorten the bench to the point the 4th line would be lucky to see a shift in the 3rd period. This resulted in a lot of comebacks and 3rd period scoring as he had his best players out as much as possible. In the same situation Gulutzan just keeps rolling the lines often having 4th liners playing late into the 3rd period and the result is that the Flames often lose with a whimper when facing a deficit in the 3rd period. I find his methodology infuriatingly frustrating at times.