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Old 12-06-2017, 01:23 PM   #2067
Erick Estrada
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Originally Posted by Ashasx View Post
From Tyler Dellow of the Athletic today:



https://theathletic.com/173683/2017/...n-5-this-year/

So the Flames have worse depth than other teams, yet play their depth on average more than other teams.
I'm not sure how anyone can defend that. The frustrating thing about Gulutzan's unorthodox methods is that the end game isn't clear. I suppose he feels that deep into games his first line should have more energy due to less utilization but that only makes sense if they are playing in a lot of tight games. Their losses are usually blowouts and when you are behind you should be playing your top lines as much as possible in hopes of closing the gap. Also if his thinking is that his top line will be fresh at the end of the year that's not going to help if you are out of the playoffs. Just bizarre and quite frankly I don't understand how the GM has allowed this to continue.
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