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Originally Posted by Ashasx
To me, this quote encapsulates everything that is wrong with this coaching staff:
Darren Haynes @DarrenWHaynes
Glen Gulutzan not happy with Gaudreau's turnover on GWG: "You can't turn back with three minutes left, you can't turn back. You have to play forward. You can't turn back. We needed to get points. We needed to take that into overtime and get the points. We're good at 3-on-3."
So, I understand the idea of getting to overtime for the extra point, but instead of actually trying to win the game, the coaches just wanted to eat out the last 5 minutes and simply hope nothing bad happens? Don't go out and try to win the game, because you might lose it for us? I feel like that's the motto of this team: "Let's hope nothing bad happens".
Just a complete lack of killer instinct. The team was dominating the Sharks in the 3rd. Why take your foot off the gas? Gaudreau was trying to create a play and was hooked (and if the officials were calling penalties as they are read in the rulebook, it should have been called a penalty), but of course Gulutzan instead wants him to dump the puck and freely give possession away, go to the bench for a line change, and probably put the 4th line on.
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Where did GG say he wanted to pick dumped in and possession lost? I get that your post was about the coaching staff but now you're just making things up to fit your narrative. GG said he wanted Johnny to "play forward" and that he "can't turn back" there. How is that give them the puck and go for a line change?
He was calling for a safer play than what Johnny did in that moment. Nothing more, nothing less. Perfectly acceptable.