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Originally Posted by dammage79
Hartley did more with less. Hartley is the better coach. Give his team Smith and let's see what happens.
The debate aside, this team SHOULD be better. They aren't and the kind of hockey they play desnt bring people into the rink.
I had a ton of fun watching Hartley's Flames, it's was entertaining heart attack hockey. It was fun. It was exciting. It was nail biting.
This Gulutzan brand is lame. Players are apprehensive, not confident and generally outworked.
This has been as lame a season to watch as the last season under Brent. Where the most exciting thing was Brent kicking a trash can I'm a hallway after talking to Feaster.
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It's quite possible that neither is a good coach. One thing though "give his team Smith" yes Smith has been really good but the team save % is still bottom half of the league thanks to Lack/Rittich. Hartley had decent goal tending the one playoff season.
Hiller had a .918 that year Smith is .921 this season...Hartley had better backups. Hiller fell off the face of the earth the following season.