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Originally Posted by Infinit47
Timeouts are commonly used in the NHL to rest players, break up the opponent's momentum, help your team refocus etc. Ward doesn't seem to either 1. believe in this, or 2. be able to identify when this could be done.
It's possible Ward knows more than the many coaches who do this, but he has essentially no relevant head coaching experience, so I'm not giving him the benefit of the doubt.
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They’re not commonly used at all, especially at certain times when posters are hollering for them (a tie game, a goal after their first shot, etc.). It’s most commonly used to rest players after an icing at the end of the game, when ahead by one.
Last game, when the Knights scored, they had their best players on the ice. Calgary didn’t have its top line on (at least not the one most people would throw out for an extra man goal). So a timeout would have rested the Vegas players whereas the Calgary guys were already rested.