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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Gulutzen does line match. He matches lines all the time. Why do you think Backlund's line has earned the reputation of being a premier shut down line. They also take a crazy amount of defensive zone faceoffs compared to the 3rd line who conversely gets mostly offensive zone faceoffs to minimize risk. Is this not coaching?
The 4th line is a current mess and Brouwer should be playing as little as possible which is currently the case. But Treliving paid him big dollars to be a game changer and he's been an utter disappointment. I may not agree with him being on the PP, in fact I hate it, but I can see why he's up there sometimes as he's one of our only regular right handed shots on the team. I actually agree with you that our 4th is terrible and should be changed, but it's not that easy to go up to your boss and tell him that you need to sit an $18 million mistake down in Stockton.
I'm completely valid in criticizing your opinion on all the problems being pinned on one guy and I'd do it again because I disagreed with it vehemently. Might not be fair, but I didn't think your post was very fair either.
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It's easier for the coach not to line match. GG figures that's where the league is going. I guess he is an early adopter.
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