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Old 12-28-2017, 07:38 PM   #358
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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.

http://calgarysun.com/sports/hockey/...h-assignments/
Except that story also speaks of the coach matching the 1st line against other top lines thus giving them tougher assignments. I remember him matching the Gaudreau line against the Ovechkin line twice this season and the result was us winning both games while shutting down Ovechkin. Even if he doesn’t match lines as much as others, does that make him a bad coach though? I know a lot of people have already made their minds on him, but the guy still coached this team to the playoffs last season on merit. So that at the very least should give everyone at least some idea that he might know what he’s doing.
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