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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
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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And then promptly got outcoavhed for 4 straight for an early exit. Flames got caugt on a 3 on 0 in a "trick play" Anaheim had showed a week earlier....games in this league are won and lost on a single shift in a tight game. Every detail, every matchup matters.