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Originally Posted by Kovaz
It's blatantly clear you stopped reading, because your post doesn't address Frank MetaMusil's argument at all.
Gulutzan preaches a "puck possession" style. He frequently brings up advanced stats like Corsi in his post game press conferences, so clearly the team looks at those internally. He believes that having strong Corsi% is a part of being successful. We're top-3 in the NHL in Corsi%, and have been #1 at times. To me, that's pretty strong evidence that the team has bought in to what Gulutzan is preaching. It just doesn't work, no matter how well you do it.
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It was somewhat tongue in cheek, but it's the position I choose to take. The players have bought in completely. This isn't a mutiny or their fancy stats would also be bad.
These are the results of executing Gulutzan hockey with these players. The LH RH garbage just makes it that much worse. Monahan and Brodie are out, but if you didn't watch the games and looked only at Corsi or whatever, it would be hard to even tell. Plug and play garbage.