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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Just one comment about the perceived "grittiness" of the team:
One has to remember that this team went through a stretch where they took a fair amount of penalties, and most of those ended up with a goal against due to a very poor PK. It's been getting better on the PK side, but I'm betting that GG asked guys to scale it back a little with physical play in order to avoid taking penalties altogether. It seems like a reasonable strategy when the PK is costing you games.
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I think teams get roughly the same number of penalties, regardless of how gritty they play.
And now you have reminded me of how pissed off I was that Gulutzan neutered Bennett.