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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
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.
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I definitely agree with this. I have read it on a few games that GG was looking for SOMEONE to make a difference - and had no problem with the strategy.
But Gaudreau and Jankowski were two very dangerous players last night. There were multiple times I noticed neither of those guys on the ice for far too long a stretch considering we needed 2.