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Originally Posted by automaton 3
Not completely OT, but from Simmon's article about Canada's loss to Germany.
But on the way to defeat and the greatest victory in the not-memorable history of German hockey, Desjardins had much to answer for. He didn’t change lines. He didn’t change styles. He didn’t adjust to the Germans’ trapping ways. He didn’t shorten his bench when he needed to. He continued to use ineffective players.
And in a four-on-four situation late in the game, down a goal, the Canadian coach put fourth-liners Eric O’Dell and Maxim Lapierre on the ice.
Sounds all too familiar:
http://nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...oss-to-germany
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Except Gulutzan does match lines to ensure the Backlund line is always out against the opposition’s best line. He likes to match the 1st line against the opposition’s top 6 line so that they can force them to defend instead. He really shortened the bench in the Nashville game by playing our best shutdown line for 2.5 straight minutes because it’s the only line he trusts 100% to finish the game with the win. He also double shifts Gaudreau all the time when we need a goal.
The style also changes when we have a lead going inro the 3rd which is a lead to something like a 52-0-3 record when leading affer 2. He also changed lines a lot last season before he found established lines with chemistry this season.
The bottom 6 are the only lines who’ve needed to be changed around this season because of ineffectiveness and it’s basically been a revolving door of changes. Also we’ve beaten all kinds of teams this season, ones who trap, ones who can skate, mixed teams, it’s not like we’ve been thoroughly dominated by a lot of teams this season.
So not sure I buy your take that Desjardin = Gulutzan