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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
I wanna know what coach doesn't want his team to play safe in the same situation.
Big division game, tied on point with the team you're playing, tie game very late. What coach tells his players to take chances and go for the win?
He wanted his team to play it safe late in the third because that's the right thing to do. It's not as if they were tied going into the third and he told his guys to trap to get to OT. He wanted safe plays from his guy late in the third period of a tie game and is getting grilled for that? Really?
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Did it at any point occur to you that the play it safe approach is the reason GG was hoping his team could hang on and get into OT? Gulutzan has proven he can't coach this team to even be .500 in regulation. So we get to OT and suddenly the likes of Gaudreau shine because the shackles are off there is no "play it safe" in OT.
Also if it wasn't for Johnny, Gulutzan would likely be out of a job so for GG to toss Gaudreau under the bus like that was pathetic. Yes he made a mistake, it happens. Just like Smith letting in the 3rd goal was questionable. These things get greatly amplified when you coach a team to try and squeak out 1 goal wins or just get it to OT. In my view this roster is much better than the results we're seeing under Gulutzan.