I find it funny that some posters seem to view every game in a vacuum and fail to see the larger picture here. GG's coaching strategies and philosophies are intended to allow the team to be competitive over the course of an 82 game season. The hope is that the team will be just as fresh and energized in game 82 as they are in game 1. The goal here is to win a Stanley Cup- not tire out our best players by game 50 so we can have a couple of extra W's by season's end.
The team is competitive, we are improving as the season goes on and are in striking distance of first in the division. GG isn't perfect, but a lot of the criticism I see on here isn't warranted and I would bet management views his body of work much differently than most fans do.
I haven't heard many people talk about it, but how much of the Oilers struggles this year are due to Talbot, Draisaitl, and McDavis getting way over played all of last year?
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