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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I don't buy that at all unless you want players like Johnny to just dump the puck deep and sit back in the 3rd period and play for the tie. We all know fans hate it when teams play for a tie so I'm certainly not going to accept that as a basis to support Gulutzan calling out one player for a team loss. This wasn't a defenseman taking a risky pinch to try and create a rush. It was a forward at the middle of the ice trying to skate the puck up ice. There were two forwards and two defensemen between the puck and the net when he lost the puck and the resulting turnover should have never resulted in a goal in the first place so blaming him is just silly.
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That's not true.
Gaudreau was one of the deep forwards, he turned himself into the high forward by skating it back up the wall without support. Jankowski took his spot behind him as F2 as he should and the defensemen backed off as they should.
He was tripped. That sucks, but puck management says he has to keep that puck deep in that instance as a turnover is an odd man chance the other way with two minutes left.